The Morning After (1986)

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Last night she drank to forget. Today she woke up to a murder. Is he her last hope or the last man she should trust?

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

• Released: 1986-12-25
• Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Crime
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.0/10 from 141 votes

Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Top cast

• Jane Fonda as Alexandra Sternbergen
• Jeff Bridges as Turner Kendall
• Raúl Juliá as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
• Diane Salinger as Isabel Harding
• Richard Foronjy as Sergeant Greenbaum
• Geoffrey Scott as Bobby Korshack
• James "Gypsy" Haake as Frankie
• Kathleen Wilhoite as Red
• Don Hood as Hurley
• Bruce Vilanch as Bartender

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Morning After

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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