Blind Date (1984 film)

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Blind Date
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Directed by Nico Mastorakis
Written byNico Mastorakis
Fred C. Perry
Produced byNico Mastorakis
Starring
CinematographyAndreas Bellis (as Andrew Bellis)
Edited byGeorge Rosenburg
Music by Stanley Myers
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date
  • June 1984 (1984-06)
Running time
103 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Greece
LanguageEnglish

Blind Date, also known as Deadly Seduction, is a 1984 independent erotic thriller film directed by B-film maker Nico Mastorakis. It stars Kirstie Alley, Joseph Bottoms, Marina Sirtis, Valeria Golino, and Lana Clarkson. [1]

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Premise

When Jonathan Ratcliff (Joseph Bottoms) suddenly becomes blind, doctors fit him with an experimental electronic device designed to partially restore his sight. With his renewed vision, he witnesses a murder and must stop a serial killer. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Blind Date". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 August 2018.