Movie Type: Psychological Thriller, Detective Film
Themes: Amateur Sleuths, Living With Disability
Main Cast: Kirstie Alley, Joseph Bottoms, James Daughton, Lana Clarkson, Keir Dullea
Release Year: 1984
Country: GR/UK
Run Time: 99 minutes
Plot
Co-writer and director Nico Mastorakis filmed this unusual low-budget thriller in his native Athens, Greece. Timothy Bottoms stars as Jonathan Ratcliff, an American advertising executive who has lost his sight, although the specialist he consults, Dr. Steiger (Keir Dullea), feels that the cause is psychosomatic. Fitted with a camera-like sonar device that allows him to "see," even if in a non-traditional and rather limited way, Ratcliff takes a vacation in Greece. When he witnesses the murder of a woman with his seeing-eye electronic device, he becomes obsessed with tracking down the killer. Ratcliff's quarry turns out to be a taxi driver armed with a scalpel -- and good eyesight. Blind Date (1984) (alternately titled Deadly Seduction) is notable for early appearances by a trio of actresses who would go on to do bigger and better things: Kirstie Alley, Valeria Golino, and Marina Sirtis. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Valeria Golino - Girl in Bikini; Karen Lee - Party Guest; Marina Sirtis - Hooker; Gerry Sundquist - Subway Gang Member; Brian Walker - Office Employee; Andrew Johnson - Dr. Steiger's Assistant; Louis Sheldon - Murdered Lover; Michael Howe - Subway Gang Member; Danos Lygizos; Charles Nicklin
Credit
Michael Rich - Associate Producer, Papadelis - Costume Designer, Nico Mastorakis - Director, George Rosenberg - Editor, Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score), A. Kouroupou - Makeup, Andrew Bellis - Cinematographer, Nico Mastorakis - Producer, Papadelis - Set Designer, Nico Mastorakis - Screenwriter, Fred C. Perry - Screenwriter
