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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn | |
| Roddy McDowall | ... | Mr. Murray | |
| Jan Rubes | ... | Dr. Joseph Lewis | |
| William Russ | ... | Rob Sweeney | |
| Ken Pogue | ... | Officer Mullavy | |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Officer Huntley | |
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Mark Malone | ... | Roland McGovern |
| Michael Copeman | ... | Highway Patrolman | |
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Sam Malkin | ... | Gas Jock |
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Pamela Moller | ... | Woman at Audition |
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Dwayne McLean | ... | Killer |
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Paul Welsh | ... | New Year's Eve Reveler |
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Katie McGovern is a struggling actress living with her husband and her student brother, who is visiting. She attends an audition that she found in the paper and is selected to shoot a short video which will be sent to the director for his approval. Mr. Murray, the man holding the audition, picks Katie up and takes her to a remote mansion where they shoot the video. Katie is selected to replace the previous lead in the film who looks remarkably like her. Soon, however, things begin to look as if they are not what they seem. Katie soon realizes she is in danger and attempts escape. Written by Brian D. Switzer <bswitzer@uoguelph.ca>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
6 February 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$951,548, 8 February 1987Gross USA:
$2,413,427Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,413,427Company Credits
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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One of the film's co-writers, Mark Malone, also has a small role as Katie McGovern's brother, Roland. See more »Goofs
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This Arthur Penn-directed remake of My Name Is Julia Ross represents yet another attempt to revive an old Hollywood formula, in this case the lady-in-distress thriller. There are of course some new, kinky wrinkles in this film, which has some grisly moments. For the most part the movie worked well for me. Mary Steenburgen makes an attractive and sympathetic heroine as a woman trapped in a snowbound mansion by two very strange men. There are some shocks along the way but in the end the movie is fairly conventional, a technical exercise, if you will, featuring some good, offbeat performances. The movie, in other words, delivers the goods, and is unashamedly old wine in a new bottle. It's no classic, but if its genre appeals to you, it's reasonably effective in its quiet way.