Mike's Murder

Mike's Murder is a 1984 American neo-noir[2] mystery film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun and Paul Winfield.

In Los Angeles, bank teller Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) has a one-night stand with a young tennis instructor named Mike Chuhutsky (Mark Keyloun), but then has only random contact with him over the course of the next two years.

After disastrous preview screenings in January of 1983, Bridges decided to re-structure the original version, from a subjective film focused on Betty’s point of view to a more objective, chronological story.

He shot additional scenes (expanding the role of “Pete”) and re-scored the film with music composed by John Barry.

Winger's performance in Mike's Murder led the critic Pauline Kael to describe the actress as "a major reason to go on seeing movies in the 1980s".