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Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

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Blue Velvet

"It's a strange world, isn't it?"

1986

2h 0m

7.6(3933 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Crime

Overview

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Dorothy Vallens

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Jeffrey Beaumont

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Frank Booth

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Sandy Williams

Hope Lange

Hope Lange

Mrs. Williams

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Ben

George Dickerson

George Dickerson

Detective Williams

Priscilla Pointer

Priscilla Pointer

Mrs. Beaumont

Frances Bay

Frances Bay

Aunt Barbara

Jack Harvey

Mr. Beaumont

Creative team

Directed by: David Lynch
Written by: David Lynch
Produced by: Fred C. Caruso

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