Blind Vengeance (1990)

A father has to deal with his emotions after his son is killed by racists in this psychological drama.

Director:

Lee Philips

Writers:

Howard Rodman (screenplay) (as Henri Simoun), Curt Allen (screenplay)

Stars:

Gerald McRaney, Lane Smith, Don Hood

Cast

Credited cast:
Gerald McRaney	...	Garr Hagar
Lane Smith	...	Col. Blanchard
Don Hood	...	Sheriff Horton
Richard Lineback	...	Edwin 'Ed' Rentzell
Thalmus Rasulala	...	Rev. Abel Mace
Grand L. Bush	...	Deputy Lawrence Jones (as Grand Bush)
James Parks	...	Will Sharkey
Marg Helgenberger	...	Virginia Whitelaw
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Allen	...	Defense Attorney
Eldridge Dean Bonds	...	Swimmer
Jarmain Butler	...	Mace's Younger Son
Hoyt Chavers	...	Desk Deputy
John Chisolm	...	Bailiff
Michael Dyer	...	Freddie Mace
Mark Enright	...	Jeffrey

Storyline

A father has to deal with his emotions after his son is killed by racists in this psychological drama.

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a violent sequence.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blind hämnd

Filming Locations:

DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MCA Television Entertainment (MTE),Spanish Trail Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

evil can destroy itself, with a little help

Virginia Whitelaw (Marg Helgenberger) is the owner of the motel in Higby, Tennessee where Garr Hager (Gerald McRaney, who executive produced) visits to seek retribution for the murder of his son Garr Hager Jnr (John McRaney) and his black friend Frederick Mace (John Dyer) who had impregnated a white girl. White supremacist Colonel Blanchard (Lane Smith) with his accomplices Ed Rendell (Richard Lineback) and Will Sharkey (James Parks) have been found not guilty of the killings due to a police procedure error, and Hager harasses the three men before enacting a plan for `evil to destroy itself'. Virginia was a friend of Hager Jnr but has no bearing on the plot apart from providing a romantic interest for Hager.

Helgenberger wears her red hair in a wavy style and shapeless dresses, uses a southern accent, makes Virginia a smiley enigma, and gets one funny line with after Hager aims a rifle at her when he finds her n his room with `I guess I had better warn the maid'. Helgenberger's underplaying is a relief in the face of the general level of hysteria which everything is pitched, with director using tilted and hand-held camera and slow motion.

The teleplay by Henri Simoun and Curt Allen, based on a story by Simoun and Jerry McNeely, has another funny line when Hager asks Blanchard whether a quote is from The Book of Revelations or Mein Kampf. Although Hager's vengeance is more psychological warfare than Death Wish serial killing, McRaney's stoicism means our sympathies rest with the bad guys, particularly since Lane is typically camp.