---
title: 'Butterfly (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Matt Cimber'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/butterfly-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082122/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Butterfly (1982)

1982 · 107 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Butterfly is a 1982 American independent crime drama film co-written and directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel The Butterfly by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Ed McMahon, James Franciscus, Edward Albert, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Financed by Zadora's husband, Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, at an estimated cost of US$3.5 million, the plot follows silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler who is reunited with his estranged teenage daughter Kady who wants to take silver from the mine.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Matt Cimber](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-cimber)
- **Screenplay:** [Matt Cimber](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-cimber), [John F. Goff](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-goff)
- **Producer:** [Matt Cimber](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-cimber)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)

## Cast

- [George Buck Flower](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-buck-flower)
- [Ed McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-mcmahon)
- [Edward Albert](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-albert)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- [Stacy Keach](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-keach)
- [June Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-lockhart)
- [Paul Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hampton)
- [Pia Zadora](https://cinepixo.com/people/pia-zadora)
- [Lois Nettleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-nettleton)
- [James Franciscus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-franciscus)
- [Stuart Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-whitman)

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