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Love and a .45

Name: Love and a .45
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1994-11-23
Cast: Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Jace Alexander

1994 | 101 min | Crime, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Silence of the Lambs or Dial M for Murder, start here.
The mood: Tense, gritty.
The pace: Fast-moving, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off: Rated R: meant for adults.

Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?

How it earned its rating

CriticsSolid
71% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$35K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 21K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by C.M. Talkington

Gil BellowsWatty Watts
Renée ZellwegerStarlene Cheatham
Rory CochraneBilly Mack Black
Jeffrey CombsDinosaur Bob
Jace AlexanderCreepy Cody
Peter FondaVergil Cheatham
Ann WedgeworthThaylene Cheatham
Jack NanceJustice Thurman
Charlotte RossMary Ann
Michael BowenRanger X