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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
MEANRANK
52/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 23, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 68. Critics average 24, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
Details
- Director
- Renny Harlin
- Writers
- Daniel Waters, David Arnott, James Cappe
- Studio
- Silver Pictures, 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 11 July 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $49.0M
- Box office
- $20.4M
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