Tom Hulce, born in 1953, is an American actor who navigated the worlds of film and theater. He appears in Slam Dance (1987) as a man caught in a web of mystery and violence, and in Black Rainbow (1989) as a psychic medium confronting dark forces. Known for his dynamic roles, Hulce's performances in these films reflect a keen engagement with the nuances of cult and exploitation cinema, adding complexity to the narratives he inhabits.
Slam Dance
A married cartoonist named C. C. Drood becomes involved in the cover up of a political sex scandal after his lover, Yolanda Caldwell, a call girl, is found murdered. Drood has betrayed his wife Helen with the exotic Yolanda, who takes him to a club where the patrons slam dance, violently crashing into one another on the dance floor. Bobby Nye, a former lesbian lover of Yolanda's, hires a hit man named Buddy to do away with Drood, who is also hotly pursued by the police. Drood ultimately comes to believe that Bobby and Buddy are the ones responsible for Yolanda's death. A corrupt cop, Gilbert, is doing everything in his power to pin the whole thing on Drood, but a police colleague, Smiley, intervenes on the wanted man's behalf. Buddy is eventually overcome with guilt in his role in the killing of Yolanda, so he spares Drood's life and takes his own. To escape with his wife and his life, Drood tries to make Nye and the cops believe that Buddy's body is actually his.
