8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American crime film. This was the final film directed by Hal Ashby, and the first attempt to adapt the popular Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen. The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and David Lee Henry, with uncredited contributions by Robert Towne. The film starred Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, and Andy García in a leading role for the first time. An alcoholic Los Angeles narcotics cop, Matt Scudder , takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer in front of the man's wife and... kids. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering from booze and blackouts, ending his career, his marriage, and jeopardizing his relationship with his daughter. After an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a woman hands Scudder a note, which invites him to a private gambling club on a hill, owned by Chance Walker. At the club, Scudder is greeted by a call girl named Sunny who pretends that he is her boyfriend. He also meets regular Angel Moldonado who is infatuated with another call girl named Sarah .
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