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Director:
Graeme Clifford
Writers (WGA):
Scott Frost (written by) &
Miguel Tejada-Flores (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 June 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
A former cop who is now a novelist notices an attractive young woman move in next door to him. He strikes up a conversation... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
intriguing, good suspense film more (9 total)

Cast

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Scott Glenn ... Gene Ralston

Anthony LaPaglia ... Larry Talbert

Lara Flynn Boyle ... Tory Bass / Sabrina James

David Ogden Stiers ... Dr. Bert James

Sheree J. Wilson ... Emily Talbert (as Sheree Wilson)
Marita Geraghty ... Dawn Tripplet
Duane Davis ... Alex Poole

Ned Van Zandt ... Frank Butler
Corey Gunnestad ... Lightning Florist
Mark Phelan ... Crime Scene Cop

Marianne Muellerleile ... Moving Co. Receptionist / Nurse
Joe Lala ... Car Washer

Kevin Michael Richardson ... Arresting Cop
Babe Valera ... Elevator Nurse
Richard Armbruster ... Security Guard
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Runtime:
Germany:87 min (video version) | USA:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | Iceland:16 | UK:15 | USA:R
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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References Psycho (1960) more
Soundtrack:
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intriguing, good suspense film, 9 June 2002
7/10
Author: CryFi from Lansingburgh, New York, USA

Not a confusing film, but an intriguing one. Viewers learn more and more, and in the end everything is wrapped up and nothing is left without explanation.

Early on it calls to mind The Lady Vanishes (1937)...but it is different than that. Later on it calls to mind, to some degree, Jacob's Ladder (1990), but it is not that film either. There are aspects that almost seem surreal, until we gradually learn what is going on - there is a definite resolution; this is not like the stereotype of a David Lynch film.

A good suspense film that deals with memory and identity and their unravelling as a mystery.

Lara Flynn Boyle is especially attractive here: softer and not as extremely, frighteningly thin as she has been recently.

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