Shadows Run Black is a 1984 erotic crime thriller directed by Howard Heard and starring Kevin Costner. The film follows a tough Los Angeles detective as he races against time to discover who is behind a string of brutal serial slayings. Costner plays the film's main suspect. Cast Kevin Costner as Jimmy Scott William J. Kulzer as Rydell King Elizabeth Trosper as Judy Cole (credited as Elizabeth Carroll Trosper) Shea Porter as Morgan Cole George Engelson as Priest (credited as George J. Engelson) Dianne Hinkler as Helen Cole Julius Metoyer as Billy Tovar Terry Congie as Lee Faulkner Lee Bishop as Police Officer Critical reception Allmovie called the film "execrable" and an "exploitational slice-n-dicer masquerading as a police thriller". References External links 1984 films American independent films Troma Entertainment films American slasher films 1980s crime thriller films 1980s slasher films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films