
she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality'. The New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her 'jaw-dropping movie debut Body Heat. The film launched Turner's career- Empire magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the '100 Sexiest Stars in Film History'. The film was inspired by Double Indemnity (1944). It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Richard Crenna, and features Ted Danson, J. Body Heatīody Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan in his directorial debut. He is arrested, and from prison is able to trace the real web of deceit that Matty Walker created in order to inherit her husband’s money. She does and the building explodes, but Ned does not believe she actually died. He sees a firebomb wired to the boathouse where they planned to meet, and dares her to enter the building. Ned begins to piece together that Matty may have set him up for her husband’s murder and goes to the Walker estate to confront her. Edmund’s sister, Roz (Lanna Saunders), questions the validity of the will and the police inform Ned of some suspicious details about the death, including Ned’s shaky alibi. Instead, Matty forged a new will with Ned’s signature, that is legally void, which results in the entire fortune being left to her. Ryan), contacts him about Edmund’s latest will that Ned supposedly prepared. At first, Ned and Matty do not contact one another, but Edmund’s attorney, Miles Hardin (Michael M. Late one night, Ned kills Edmund and takes his body to an abandoned building, which he then burns down. Once Ned makes it clear he will go through with it, Teddy explains how to use an incendiary device to cover the crime. Teddy tries to talk Ned out of it, as he does not think the lawyer has the criminal mind to think of all the angles. Ned visits his arsonist client, Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), for advice. The two lovers then decide the only solution is to kill her husband. In spite of the advice of his best friend, Peter Lowenstein (Ted Danson), Ned continues the affair and becomes increasingly obsessed with Matty, who explains that she would leave Edmund for Ned but her prenuptial agreement would leave her with nothing. Ned, a second-class lawyer, soon finds out that Matty is married to a wealthy, older businessman, Edmund Walker (Richard Crenna), who she no longer loves beyond the extravagant lifestyle he provides. Ned Racine (William Hurt) meets beautiful Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) on a sultry Florida night, and the two become lovers. This film noir thriller stars William Hurt and Kathleen Turner as lovers whose extramarital affair becomes deadly.
