Running Scared (1986)

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Originally Posted by MikeZ.

It was the first film I saw that showed the Chicago I grew up in (1958-1972), the dirty, seedy underbelly, instead of the damn Gold Coast district where the wealthy played.
For me, this one had it all. The city of my birth, Billy Crystal, a lot of laughs, the whole deal.

Yeah, it's a great Chicago movie. In fact, we had a nice little run in the 80s.

Thief, Above the Law, Code of Silence and About Last Night (granted more Gold Coast than not but still) all prominently featured the city.

Stir of Echoes is another Chicago favorite. That wasn't just the city I grew up in, that was one of the neighborhoods I grew up in.