ASA After Dark, My Sweet (1990) a film directed by James Foley with Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Tom Wagne

After Dark, My Sweet (1990) Synopsis / Plot 1990 was a good year for gritty adaptations of the books of Jim Thompson. In addition to The Grifters, this disturbing yet highly entertaining melodrama represented a miniature revival for the novelist. Patric stars as Collie, a literally punch-drunk ex-boxer who is on the run from a mental institution. Dazed, Collie wanders into the seedier side of Palm Springs and becomes tragically entangled with an alcoholic widow (Ward) and a local con man (Dern) who are hatching a scheme to pick up some quick bucks. After Dark, My Sweet is an excellent and claustrophobic study of three social misfits caught in a dangerous pas de trois. Awards 1990: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Most Promising Actor (Patric)