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COLOR OF NIGHT – Dominic Frontiere

August 22, 2024 1 comment

THROWBACK THIRTY

Original Review by Jonathan Broxton

Color of Night is an erotic mystery/thriller directed by Richard Rush from a screenplay co-written by Billy Ray, who would later go on to receive an Oscar nomination for writing Captain Phillips in 2014. The film stars Bruce Willis as Bill Capa, a New York psychologist who falls into a deep depression after one of his patients commits suicide in front of him; the sight of her bloody body in a bright green dress causes Bill to suffer from psychosomatic color blindness, hence the name of the film. Bill travels to Los Angeles to stay with a friend, fellow therapist Bill Moore (Scott Bakula), who invites him to sit in on a group therapy session. However, when Bob is violently murdered in the office, Bill is plunged into the mystery of his friend’s death; the police suspect that any one of Bob’s patients could be the killer. Making things more complicated is Bob’s torrid affair with a mysterious, sexy young woman named Rose (Jane March), who may have a connection to the crime. Read more…