
TMDb Rating
5.8/10
26 verified votes
Heat (1972)
ComedyDrama
102 min
Plot Summary
Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.
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Keywords to include
ComedyDramaPaul MorrisseyJoe DallesandroSylvia Miles1972
Director
Paul Morrissey
Top Cast
Joe DallesandroSylvia MilesAndrea FeldmanPat AstEric Emerson
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