Movie: 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

• Director: Hal Ashby
• Release Date: 25 April 1986 (USA)
• Writers: Lawrence Block (book) Oliver Stone (screenplay) …  
• Run Time: 115 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Crime , Thriller  

Tagline: Death comes to all except those who deserve it most  

Trivia: Director Hal Ashby was fired just after principal photography wrapped, and the studio, PSO Entertainment (whose first major production this was), took over creative control.
 

“Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff’s Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>”