It could happen to you.
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Kurt RussellJeff Taylor
- J.T. WalshWarren 'Red' Barr
- Kathleen QuinlanAmy Taylor
- M.C. GaineyEarl
- Jack NoseworthyBilly
- Rex LinnSheriff Boyd
- Ritch BrinkleyAl
- Moira SiniseArleen Barr
- Kim RobillardDeputy Len Carver
- Thomas KopacheCalhoun
Crew
- Jonathan MostowDirector
- Jonathan MostowScreenplay
- Sam MontgomeryScreenplay
- Douglas MilsomeDirector of Photography
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Kevin StittEditor
- Derek BrechinEditor
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
- Martha De LaurentiisProducer
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