Third Degree Burn | |
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Genre | Crime |
Written by | Duncan Gibbins Yale Udoff |
Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
Starring | Treat Williams Virginia Madsen Richard Masur CCH Pounder Mary Armstrong John Aylward |
Composer | Charles Gross |
Country of origin | United States of America |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Marianne Moloney |
Producer | Fredda Weiss |
Production locations | Seattle, Washington Tucson, Arizona |
Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
Editor | Garth Craven |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Paramount Pictures MTM Enterprises |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | May 28, 1989 |
Third Degree Burn is a 1989 American made-for-television crime film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, written by Duncan Gibbins and Yale Udoff, and starring Treat Williams, Virginia Madsen, Richard Masur, CCH Pounder, Mary Armstrong and John Aylward. It premiered on HBO on May 28, 1989. [1] [2] [3]
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