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Burke is the main villain of the 1981 thriller, Blow Out.

He was played by John Lithgow, who also portrayed Earl Talbot Blake in Ricochet, Lord John Whorfin in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Eric Qualen in Cliffhanger, Lord Farquaad in Shrek, Jean-Claude in Rugrats in Paris, Arthur Mitchell in Dexter and Lamar Blackburn in The Accountant.

Burke is hired by a presidential candidate to take unflattering photos of rival candidate George McRyan with an escort named Sally. However, Burke decides to alter the plan and kill both McRyan and Sally by causing their car to crash into a lake. McRyan is killed, but Sally survives. Over the half-hearted objections of his client, Burke plans to kill Sally, and make it look like the work of a serial killer by first murdering several other young women who resemble her. He kills several women by strangling them with piano wire, earning him the nickname the Liberty Bell Strangler.

Sound technician Jack Terry, who inadvertently recorded McRyan's assassnation, decides to investigate the murders, and asks for Sally's help. Eventually Jack gathers evidence of the assassination attempt, having Sally wear a hidden microphone and getting her to meet a media contact. Howeer, the "contact" turns out to be none other than Burke.

Upon realizing that Sally is in danger, Jack tries to tell her what is going on, but Sally and Burke get out of range and into the Liberty Day Parade. Jack drives across the city to try and rescue Sally from Burke, but he crashes his car and gets knocked unconcious. When Jack regains conciousness, Burke has already taken Sally to a rooftop, where he begins to strangle her.

Jack listens to this attack on his earpiece from the hidden microphone Sally is wearing and finds them. Hearing Sally screaming, Jack runs to the top of the roof to save her, but he is too late; she is already dead. While Jack gets to the top, Burke marks Sally's corpse wi

th his knife, as he does with all of his victims. Jack surprises Burke and manages to overpower him and stab him to death with his own weapon.

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 '''Burke''' is the main villain of the 1981 thriller, ''Blow Out.''
-He was played by John Lithgow, who also portrayed [[Earl Talbot Blake]] in ''Ricochet, ''[[Qualen]] in ''Cliffhanger'', [[Lord Farquaad]] in ''Shrek,'' [[Arthur Mitchell]] in ''Dexter ''and [[Lamar Blackburn]] in ''The Accountant.''
+He was played by John Lithgow, who also portrayed [[Earl Talbot Blake]] in ''Ricochet, ''[https://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_John_Whorfin Lord John Whorfin] in ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension'', [https://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_Qualen Eric Qualen] in ''Cliffhanger'', [[Lord Farquaad]] in ''Shrek, ''[https://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Jean-Claude Jean-Claude] in ''Rugrats in Paris'', [[Arthur Mitchell]] in ''Dexter ''and [[Lamar Blackburn]] in ''The Accountant.''
+Burke is hired by a presidential candidate to take unflattering photos of rival candidate George McRyan with an escort named Sally. However, Burke decides to alter the plan and kill both McRyan and Sally by causing their car to crash into a lake. McRyan is killed, but Sally survives. Over the half-hearted objections of his client, Burke plans to kill Sally, and make it look like the work of a serial killer by first murdering several other young women who resemble her. He kills several women by strangling them with piano wire, earning him the nickname the Liberty Bell Strangler.
-With the intention that Sally would be killed in the car crash, he starts going on a killing spree by strangling women, who look like Sally and earning him the alias, the Liberty Bell Strangler. Jack who's investigating the incident gets Sally involved, who gets Karp's film of the car crash and when it's synced to Jack's studio shows the gunshot, which anticipated the blow out. But there's not a single soul, who believes his story and everything he does is made quiet by the rumored conspiracy. Eventually Jack gathers evidence of the assassination attempt, having Sally wear a hidden microphone and getting her to meet a media contact.
+Sound technician Jack Terry, who inadvertently recorded McRyan's assassnation, decides to investigate the murders, and asks for Sally's help. Eventually Jack gathers evidence of the assassination attempt, having Sally wear a hidden microphone and getting her to meet a media contact. Howeer, the "contact" turns out to be none other than Burke.
-Jack's shocked when he discovers that the contact is none other than Burke himself, who plans to kill her and add her to his collection of strangling murders. Briskly Jack tries to let her know, but Sally and Burke get out of range and into the Liberty Day Parade. Jack drives across the city of Philadelphia to try and rescue Sally from Burke, but he crashes his car and becomes unconcious. When Jack regains conciousness, Burke has already taken Sally to a rooftop, where he begins to kill her.
+Upon realizing that Sally is in danger, Jack tries to tell her what is going on, but Sally and Burke get out of range and into the Liberty Day Parade. Jack drives across the city to try and rescue Sally from Burke, but he crashes his car and gets knocked unconcious. When Jack regains conciousness, Burke has already taken Sally to a rooftop, where he begins to strangle her.
-Jack listens to this attack on his earpiece from the hidden microphone Sally is wearing and finds them. Hearing Sally screaming Jack runs to the top of the roof to save her, but Jack is too late when he gets to the top and finds that Burke has already strangled and killed Sally. While Jack gets to the top, Burke marks Sally's corpse with his knife signing his bell pattern, which Burke puts on all his victims. Jack surprises Burke and manages to overpower him and stab Burke to death with his own weapon, killing him.
+Jack listens to this attack on his earpiece from the hidden microphone Sally is wearing and finds them. Hearing Sally screaming, Jack runs to the top of the roof to save her, but he is too late; she is already dead. While Jack gets to the top, Burke marks Sally's corpse wi[[File:Johnlithgow.jpg|thumb|Burke's death.]]th his knife, as he does with all of his victims. Jack surprises Burke and manages to overpower him and stab him to death with his own weapon.
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