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| Johnny Depp | ... | Mort Rainey | |
| John Turturro | ... | John Shooter | |
| Maria Bello | ... | Amy Rainey | |
| Timothy Hutton | ... | Ted Milner | |
| Charles S. Dutton | ... | Ken Karsch | |
| Len Cariou | ... | Sheriff Dave Newsome | |
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Joan Heney | ... | Mrs. Garvey |
| John Dunn-Hill | ... | Tom Greenleaf (as John Dunn Hill) | |
| Vlasta Vrana | ... | Fire Chief Wickersham | |
| Matt Holland | ... | Detective Bradley | |
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Gillian Ferrabee | ... | Fran Evans |
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Bronwen Mantel | ... | Greta Bowie |
| Elizabeth Marleau | ... | Juliet Stoker | |
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Kyle Allatt | ... | Busboy |
| Richard Jutras | ... | Motel Manager | |
Mort Rainey is a successful writer going through a rather unfriendly divorce from his wife of ten years, Amy. Alone and bitter in his cabin, he continues to work on his writing when a stranger named John Shooter shows up on his doorstep, claiming Rainey stole his story. Mort says he can prove the story belongs to him and not Shooter, but while Mort digs around for the magazine which published the story in question years ago, things begin to happen around Shooter. Mort's dog dies, people begin to die, and his divorce proceedings with Amy continue to get uglier. It seems that Shooter has Mort over a barrel, but perhaps Mort has his own ideas on how to resolve all the problems that plague him lately. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Secret window is a quite entertaining movie with an intrigue story line. From the very beginning, you feel engaged and wonder what will happen next. However, the ending is very very cliché and a big let down. A promising suspense movie that blows it at the finale. I wish they worked out the ending and come up with a better one. If you noticed, the lead actress here was playing in the "pay back". There she was the lover of the hero who was betrayed by his wife. Here she plays the betrayer. A twist of faith. If nothing, Secret Window is worth watching just for Depp. Also I like Charless Dutton as always, although his role here is limited. (I don't know what is with this guy, he is so sympathetic and fills every role he is in)