When fantasy becomes a fatal distraction.
Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.
ThrillerCrimejealousyundergrounderoticismsociopathdrugsstrangerclubexecutiveneo-noir
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- James SpaderMichael Boll
- Rob LoweAlex
- Lisa ZaneClaire
- Marcia CrossRuth Fielding
- Rosalyn LandorBritt
- Kathleen WilhoiteLeslie
- Tony MaggioPatterson
- Palmer Lee ToddNaked Woman
- Jeff KaakeWillie
- Christian ClemensonPismo Boll
Crew
- Curtis HansonDirector
- David KoeppWriter
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Bonnie KoehlerEditor
- Steve TischProducer
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