Crime Wave

Name: Crime Wave
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1985-04-12
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Eva Kovacs, John Paizs, Darrell Baran, Mark Yuill, Neil Lawrie

1985·Comedy·1h 20m

7.3

★

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"

Directed by John Paizs

screenwriter

writer's block

writer

filmmaking

episodic

Trailer

IMDB

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Letterboxd

3.8 / 5

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Cast

Roscoe Handford

(credited as Cookie Roscoe)

Crew

George Toles

Story Consultant

Popular Reviews

16 reviews

Sam Bam

6.0★ · 04/02/26

Bro… what was that.
The doctor in this film genuinely scared the crap out of me

Hayden J

7.0★ · 01/07/26

The most Ren & Stimpy piece of non Ren & Stimpy art I’ve ever seen (complimentary). Ignoring the fact I just compared it to something, it really is a wonderful thing every once in a while when you get to watch something that feels really entirely original. Most I’ve laughed out loud at a film in a while.