''Final Jeopardy'' is an American

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directed by

Michael Pressman Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and director. Early life A native of Manhattan, Pressman was born into a theatrical family. His mother, Sasha, a modern dancer, was an original member of Martha Graham's renowned fi ...

and written by Shirl Hendryx. The film stars

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and

Mary Crosby Mary Frances Crosby (born September 14, 1959) is an American actress. She played Kristin Shepard in the television series '' Dallas'' (1979–1981, 1991).

as a small-town couple on a trip to a big city where they become trapped in a terrifying predicament. It also stars

Jeff Corey Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s. Life and career Corey attended New Utrecht High ...

Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American character actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known ...

, and Michael Cavanaugh in supporting roles. It premiered on

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on December 8, 1985.

Plot

Marty and Susan Campbell are a small-town couple visiting a large, somewhat unfriendly, declining northern city. They accidentally get lost and stranded in a deserted, rundown neighborhood after dark when Marty gets the wrong address for meeting a business client and are both left behind by a cab that drops Susan off after dark from shopping and whose taxi business requires callers to have business names and phone numbers before sending any cabs after dark. The parking lot that their rental car is in is locked between 7:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M., leaving them unable to retrieve it before then as they didn't come back until after 7:00 P.M.'s closing time. After Marty barely escapes getting hit by a newspaper delivery truck, they both find a nearly deserted apartment building but no phone to use. Marty and Susan go back to the locked parking lot to try to get their rental car to drive back to their hotel. When Marty climbs the fence, two

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from an outdated

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that still requires coins to obtain a dial tone for emergency calls to try to get help but is told that since he

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ed on the locked parking lot, he can't file a

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. Susan wanders away and is seen by a

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in a neighboring

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and runs back to Marty, who the police hung up on. They're chased through another

and barely escape again. Marty finds another payphone that also needs coins for emergency calls and tries to get help again, but the gang leader catches him, forcing the usually non-violent Marty to fight back and he and Susan barely escape again. They hide in an abandoned

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but flee when they find a

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. Then they find a man and try to offer him money to drive them to their hotel, but the man is scared off. Next, they find an unstable

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who sends Marty on a wild sewer chase to a non existent

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. Marty and Susan leave the derelict and wander down another rundown, empty street, where Marty breaks a store's windows in frustration over the lack of police response, setting off its

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. They are sent to a subway by an untrustworthy

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only to find it locked, but also find a burglarized

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that was vandalized by the gang and sneak into through its broken door. They find an incapacitated

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whose also-druggie sister thinks they're inside a hospital and that Marty is a

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. Another gang member appears, giving the sisters directions to another subway to get home, which Marty and Susan overhear while hiding, meaning that both of these girls are members of this gang. Marty's watch has stopped and they find the subway's revolving gate locked to them but manage to squeeze in just as the gang finds them again and chases them through the subway. Marty drives the E-train while the gang enters the train and pulls the cord to stop it. Marty and Susan abandon the train, Susan is sent to hide while Marty lures the gang into another tunnel, where he knocks a pile of rubble onto three of its members and lures its leader into the boiler room, blinding him with

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and knocking him out with a large wooden board. He goes back above ground and finds Susan telling a policeman about their ordeal, who ironically, says "Glad to be of service" to a disgusted Marty. They go to their hotel to get cleaned up and change their clothes, return to the parking lot to retrieve their rental car and drive away after paying a $5.00 overnight fee to its

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that found its keys but has no

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if they didn't have the exact amount. The attendant tells them to be more careful next time and Marty and Susan drive off to return the rental car to its agency before going home.

Cast

as Marty Campbell *

Mary Crosby Mary Frances Crosby (born September 14, 1959) is an American actress. She played Kristin Shepard in the television series '' Dallas'' (1979–1981, 1991).

as Susan Campbell *

as Derelict *

as Bartender * Michael Cavanaugh as Garage Attendant *

Joey Sagal Joseph B. Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal. Career highlights include, He originated the part of "The Visitor" on the Geffen Playhouse stage in the World Premiere St ...

as Mike * Jaime Alba as Slash * Travis McKenna as D.O.A * Johnny Venokur as Ice *

Jordan Charney Jordan Charney (born April 1, 1937) is an American character actor. Many of his earliest roles were on daytime television, with appearances in numerous soaps. Jordan created the role of creepy Julian Dark in the early to mid-1960s on the CBS so ...

as Mr. Clemens * John Malloy as Policeman *

Dennis Farina Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor. Often typecast as a mobster or police officer, he is known for roles such as FBI Agent Jack Crawford in '' Manhunter'', mobster Jimmy Serrano in th ...

as Policeman *

Lycia Naff Lycia Naff (born August 29, 1962) is an American dancer, actress, and journalist. She is best known as an actress for a two-episode role as Ensign Sonya Gomez on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and for an appearance as a three-breasted prost ...

as Vickie *

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as Sharon

Production

The film was shot in

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in early 1985. It was produced by

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and Frank von Zerneck Films, and distributed by

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References

External links

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