Main Cast: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Rip Torn, Gwen Verdon, Glenne Headly
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A woman trying to keep a momentary indiscretion quiet finds herself in more trouble than she ever imagined in this comedy written and directed by Robert Benton. Nadine Hightower (Kim Basinger), who is significantly more beautiful than intelligent, is fast-talked into posing for some cheesecake pictures by sleazy photographer Raymond Escobar (Jerry Stiller). When Nadine learns that Escobar plans to use the pictures for a set of racy playing cards, Nadine decides to steal the photos back, and she enlists the help of her soon-to-be-former husband Vernon (Jeff Bridges), who is already engaged to the winner of a local beauty pageant. In the midst of the robbery, intruders shoot and kill Escobar in the next room; Nadine and Vernon grab an envelope marked "Nadine" and make tracks. But the envelope doesn't contain any photos; instead, there are plans for a road to be built in town that reveal dirty dealings by local politicians, and now Nadine and Vernon are on the run from both Escobar's killers and land baron Buford Pope (Rip Torn). Popular country and western group Sweethearts of the Rodeo perform several tunes for the film's soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Jerry Stiller - Raymond Escobar; Jay Patterson - Dwight Estes; William Youmans - Boyd; Mickey Jones - Floyd; Norman Bennett - Reverend; Joe Berryman - Reporter; Loyd Catlett - Charley Draper; Blue Deckert - Mountain; John Galt - Officer Lloyd; Gary Grubbs - Cecil; James Harrell - Deacon; Harlan Jordan - Sheriff Rusk; Shelby Brammer - Michelle; Sidney Brammer - Estes' Girl Friend; Linwood P. Walker III - Janitor; Ray Walker - TV Announcer
Credit
Peter Smith - Art Director, Cary White - Art Director, Howard Feuer - Casting, Albert Wolsky - Costume Designer, Harry Curtis - Costume Designer, Ron Bozman - First Assistant Director, Robert Benton - Director, Sam O'Steen - Editor, Wolfgang Glattes - Executive Producer, Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score), Robert Mills - Makeup, Don Reddy - Camera Operator, Paul Sylbert - Production Designer, Néstor Almendros - Cinematographer, Arlene Donovan - Producer, Wolfgang Glattes - Producer, Lee Poll - Set Designer, Roy Downey - Special Effects, Jack Monroe - Special Effects, Mark Sullivan - Special Effects, David Ronne - Sound/Sound Designer, Richard Diamond Farnsworth - Stunts, Robert Benton - Screenwriter
Nadine is a 1987comedy film about a woman living in 1950s Texas who inveigles her ex-husband into helping her break into a photographer's studio to retrieve embarrassing cheesecake pictures. Instead he gets his hands on advance plans for a highway development that could be used to make millions and the pair find themselves in a battle of wits with a local land baron. The film was directed by Robert Benton, and stars Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, and Rip Torn.
