Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. The film is inspired by Double Indemnity. The film launched Turner's movie career—Empire magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History. The New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her "jaw-dropping movie debut [in] Body Heat she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality." During a particularly intense Florida... heatwave, Ned Racine , an inept and somewhat sleazy lawyer, begins an affair with Matty , wife of Edmund Walker , a wealthy businessman. They go to great lengths to keep their affair a secret, but Ned mistakenly makes a pass at a woman he thought was Matty but turns out to be an old school friend of hers named Mary Ann Simpson ; and Matty is discovered performing fellatio on Ned by Edmund's young niece Heather who is staying with Matty. Ned even meets Edmund when he comes across the Walkers by chance.
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| Release date: | August 28, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Fred T. Gallo |
| Editor: | Carol Littleton |
| Music by: | John Barry |
| Cinematography: | Richard H. Kline |
| Screenplay by: | Lawrence Kasdan |
| Estimated budget: | $9,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |