Keys to Tulsa

Keys to Tulsa

Murder. Blackmail. Deceit. ...There's no place like home.

1997113 min4.7 / 10

A noir-tinged crime thriller about a struggling man drawn into blackmail and theft, exploring moral compromise and the inescapability of small-town entanglement.

Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.

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