A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
- Director
- Writers
- Nancy Price(based upon the novel by)
- Ron Bass(screenplay by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Nancy Price(based upon the novel by)
- Ron Bass(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations
Bonnie Johnson
- Mrs. Nepper
- (as Bonnie Cook)
John Ward
- Theater Student
- (as John David Ward)
Patt Noday
- Amusement Park Guy #2
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Nancy Price(based upon the novel by)
- Ron Bass(screenplay by)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia(at around 1h 30 mins) Martin's line "I can't live without you and I won't let you live without me" was ad-libbed by Patrick Bergin.
- GoofsThe cut/bruise on Laura's head comes and goes. After she is hit by Martin leaving a nasty abrasion on the left side of her forehead, he leaves to go to town after telling her they will sail that night. She goes outside to break the lantern, and the wind blows her hair off her forehead - no bruise. Later that night, she has her hair back in a braid, before they get on the boat - no bruise. Then, when she meets Ben a couple days later, she flips her hair off to one side and he sees the bruise. The very next day (or soon after) she has her hair back again with Ben, no bruise.
- Alternate versionsWhen Laura first goes to Ben's house for dinner and the pot roast is on fire she knocks and says "Fire Department." In an alternate cut she knocks and asks "Is this what they mean by warm welcome?".
- SoundtracksRunaround Sue
Written by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca
Performed by Dion DiMucci (as Dion)
Courtesy of Laurie Records
Review
Featured review
Not Bad
I have this movie on tape also. Come to think, I have a lot of Julia Roberts' movies. Anywho, I liked how she used her timidity to get the hell out of a crazy psyho relationship with a guy who thought he was entitled to beat his wife. She planned everything down to the T, and I liked that. However, you knew he was gonna find her again and wreak havoc on her new life. It grew a little wasteful at that point because the poor guy had only that abusive husband turned psycho side to play with. Not much to chew on really when you're in the movie about 5 times in 20 minutes. You understood she had to see him at least and the point was she had to move on and assert her independence. Sucks that psycho was rich with a nice pad. Plus, why didn't she just pawn the ring instead of attempting to flush hard gold down? Or take it with? Even a toilet isn't that stupid. Maybe she should have eaten it first and it would have been disguised better. I mean, that was the only thing that tipped him off for goodness sakes. She was smart to a point like most chicks in these types of movies. Guess there wouldn't be much of a movie otherwise.
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- QueenMakeda84
- Mar 15, 2003
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $101,599,005
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,777,943
- Feb 10, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $174,999,005
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