poster

1987

R (10/23/1987) (US)

Action, Thriller, Mystery

1h 34m

49

User Score

To commit the perfect murder, you need planning, guts, and luck. Practically nobody has luck.

Overview

After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress are plotting to murder her evil husband—and blame it on the new deputy.

1987

49

User Score

R (10/23/1987) (US)

Action, Thriller, Mystery

1h 34m

To commit the perfect murder, you need planning, guts, and luck. Practically nobody has luck.

Overview

After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress are plotting to murder her evil husband—and blame it on the new deputy.

Cast

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Sam Wayburn

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

The Stranger

Wayne Rogers

Wayne Rogers

Jake Winslow

Camelia Kath

Camelia Kath

Laura Winslow

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Carl Cunningham

Janet Carroll

Janet Carroll

Lila Daggett

Gracie Harrison

Gracie Harrison

Mary Ellen Knoeller

Shiri Appleby

Shiri Appleby

Annie Winslow

Jeb Ellis-Brown

Jeb Ellis-Brown

Brian Mars

Mark Barkawitz

Mark Barkawitz

Stranger’s Father

Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady

Young Stranger

Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna

Man At Party