Butterfly (1981): Cast & Plot
Butterfly is a 1981 crime drama directed by Matt Cimber, starring Stacy Keach as Jess Tyler, Lois Nettleton and Ann Dane. It runs 1 hour 48 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 48m (108 min)
- Director
- Matt Cimber
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Par-Par Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Butterfly About?
The premise of Butterfly without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A tense thriller of murder and revenge, Jess Tyler leads an isolated life beside an abandoned desert mining plant. His solitude shatters when a provocative young woman arrives, claiming to be his daughter. Struggling with sudden parenthood, Jess also wrestles with a growing, forbidden attraction toward her.
Butterfly Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- seduction
- incest
- nudity
- female rear nudity
- sex scene
- female nudity
- father daughter relationship
- bathtub
- sexual promiscuity
- based on novel
- promiscuous woman
- independent film
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- cleavage
- braless
- child prostitute
- nipples visible through wet cloth
- female full rear nudity
- stepfather stepdaughter sex
- sex with stepdaughter
- sex with stepfather
- close up of bare breast
- year 1937
- unwed mother
- female hitchhiker
- woman in a bathtub
- courtroom
- silver mine
- desert
- arizona
- 1930s
- father bathes daughter
- father seeing daughter naked
- father daughter sex
- father daughter incest
- bar fight
- judge
- copper ore
- slot machine
- beer
- zinc
- depression era
- incestuous desire
- family affairs
- b movie
- daughter
- long lost daughter
- daughter seduces father
- daughter nude in front of father
- daughter kissing father
- seductive teenage girl
Butterfly Cast & Characters
Stacy Keach leads the cast as Jess Tyler, with Lois Nettleton as Belle Morgan and Ann Dane as Janey. Directed by Matt Cimber; 20 actors are credited in all.
- Director Matt Cimber
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Stacy Keach as Jess Tyler - Lois Nettleton as Belle Morgan
- Ann Dane as Janey
- Pia Zadora as Kady Tyler
Also Starring in Butterfly
· 16 more- Edward Albert Wash Gillespie
- June Lockhart Mrs. Gillespie
- Dylan Urquidi Danny
- James Franciscus Moke Blue
- George 'Buck' Flower Ed Lamey
- Orson Welles Judge Rauch
- Stuart Whitman Rev. Rivers
- Peter Jason Allen
- John F. Goff Truck Driver
- Ed McMahon Mr. Gillespie
- Paul Hampton Norton
- Leigh Christian Saleslady
- Greg Gault Bridger
- John O'Conner White Billy Roy
- Kim Ptak Deputy
- Abraham Rudnick Court Stenographer
More from Matt Cimber
More films directed by Matt Cimber, best-rated first: Miriam, Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold, Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold and Hundra.
Butterfly Plot Summary
What happens in Butterfly from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
In 1937, a quiet, sun-baked mining town sits along the Nevada–Arizona line, where the fate of a scattered family and a stubborn plot of silver collide. Jess Tyler is the weary caretaker of an idle silver mine, trying to patch together a life after his wife, Belle Morgan, walked out a decade earlier with their two daughters, Janey and Kady Tyler. The town’s ordinary rhythm is shattered when seventeen-year-old Kady Tyler reappears with a hard-edged story: Belle has fallen into a life running a brothel, and Kady herself is carrying a child—Danny—whose father is Wash Gillespie, the son of a wealthy mine owner who refused to marry her.
Full summary
The whole story of Butterfly, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Butterfly?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
- Question 1: not answered
- Question 2: not answered
- Question 3: not answered
- Question 4: not answered
- Question 5: not answered
- Question 6: not answered
- Question 7: not answered
- Question 8: not answered
- Question 9: not answered
- Question 10: not answered
Who is the caretaker of the idle silver mine?
Cars in Butterfly
2 cars on screen: the 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster and the 1933 Chevrolet.
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1935 Auburn 851 Speedster -
1933 Chevrolet
Butterfly Also Known As
8 alternative titles, including “Dorp der Ontucht” and “Butterfly - Il sapore del peccato”.
- Also known as
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- Dorp der Ontucht
- Butterfly - Il sapore del peccato
- Lepke
- La marca de la mariposa
- Butterfly - Der blonde Schmetterling
- פרפר
- 蝴蝶
- Бабочка
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Butterfly FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Butterfly, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Butterfly?
Butterfly runs 1 hour 48 minutes (108 minutes).
When was Butterfly released?
Butterfly was released on August 23, 1981.
Who directed Butterfly?
Butterfly was directed by Matt Cimber.
More films by Matt Cimber Who is in the cast of Butterfly?
Butterfly stars Stacy Keach as Jess Tyler, Lois Nettleton as Belle Morgan and Ann Dane as Janey, among 20 credited actors.
Does Butterfly have a post-credit scene?
No. Butterfly has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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