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Released
1990 · FILM

Blue Steel

Rookie NYPD officer Megan Turner must clear her name after a mysterious killer uses the bullet that killed an armed robber to frame her for murder, forcing her into a deadly cat‑and‑mouse game with a psychopath who’s always one step ahead.

For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy...becoming it.

Directed by
Runtime
102 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann to clear her name and catch the killer. But she is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who's always one step ahead… and much closer than she thinks.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Lee PercyShot by Amir MokriScored by Brad FiedelDesigned by Toby Corbett

Box Office

1990 · Box office

Grossed $8.2M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$8.2M

Worldwide gross$8.2M

Opening weekend: $2.9M 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.9M48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,307 theaters

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