Crimewave

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.

Cast

Reed Birney

as Vic Ajax

Louise Lasser

as Helene Trend

Sheree J. Wilson

as Nancy

Paul L. Smith

as Faron Crush

Brion James

as Arthur Coddish

Edward R. Pressman

as Ernest Trend

Bruce Campbell

as Renaldo 'The Heel'

Frances McDormand

as Nun

Anne Cooper

as Nun

Bridget Hoffman

as Nun

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