A cop on the edge.
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodWes Block
- Geneviève BujoldBeryl Thibodeaux
- Dan HedayaDet. Molinari
- Alison EastwoodAmanda Block
- Jenny BeckPenny Block
- Marco St. JohnLeander Rolfe
- Rebecca PerleBecky Jacklin
- Regina RichardsonSarita
- Randi BrooksJamie Cory
- Jamie RoseMelanie Silber
Crew
- Richard TuggleDirector
- Richard TuggleScreenplay
- Bruce SurteesDirector of Photography
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- Joel CoxEditor
- Clint EastwoodProducer
- Fritz ManesProducer
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Pairings
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