A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.
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- TriviaDebra Winger was given the choice of the two roles in Black Widow (1987); she chose the role of the FBI agent, because she didn't understand the motivation as to why the Black Widow kills, so the title role went to Theresa Russell.
- GoofsInvestigator in the last fifteen minutes of the movie refers to Jessica Bates as Jessica Barnes.
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Catherine Peterson: Mr. Shin, I'll tell you two things about me: I'm very rich. And I'm very wealthy.
- SoundtracksMagic Island
Written and performed by Peter Rafelson
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Hugely entertaining (feminist?) film
Debra Winger is great as always as the FBI backroom researcher allowed out for a change to pursue her theory that the widows of several millionaires who have all died of the same rare disease are in fact the same woman.
She finds herself fascinated as well as repelled by Theresa Russell's glamour, lifestyle and ability to use men for her own ends. Russell in her turn sees her as a worthy opponent (unlike all those men she takes in so easily).
In fact all the men are just part of the background to the play between Winger and Russell.
Its a terrific film all round and I may be alone in this, but I think the ending works.
She finds herself fascinated as well as repelled by Theresa Russell's glamour, lifestyle and ability to use men for her own ends. Russell in her turn sees her as a worthy opponent (unlike all those men she takes in so easily).
In fact all the men are just part of the background to the play between Winger and Russell.
Its a terrific film all round and I may be alone in this, but I think the ending works.
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- nick_brown
- Sep 3, 2000
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- Budget
- $10,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,205,460
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,426,831
- Feb 8, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $25,205,460
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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