Switchback (1997)

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Directed by

Jeb Stuart

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Claudia Stedelin
Missy, the Babysitter

Ian Nelson
Andy LaCrosse

Brent Hinkley
Man on Porch

R. Lee Ermey
Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Walton Goggins
Bud

Ted Levine
Deputy Nate Booker

Louis Schaefer
Sim

William Fichtner
Chief Jack McGinnis

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A surprising movie

14 years, 10 months ago at Aug 16 9:06

johanlefourbe

Honestly, I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast, I thought I might as well give it a try. Eventually, I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, it is a rather forgotten and unknown thriller but it's actually too bad since it was actually quite entertaining. Indeed, this flick was rather well made and I thought that the tension was very well built up. Further... read more

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Description: F.B.I. agent Frank LaCrosse returns home to find his home has been broken into, his son is missing and Missy the babysitter is lying in a pool of her own insides. Her murder being the hallmarks of a elusive enigmatic serial killer whose slaughter spree...stretches nearly two years. Frank's desperate pursuit leads to Amarillo, Texas, where two more victims matching the killers M.O. have been found slashed to death. As Frank searches for his suspect the local Sheriff Buck Olmstead and his Deputy Nate Booker investigate the killings in-between a heated election feud, with his competition police chief Jack McGinnis. All the while dr ... (more)

Release date: 31 October 1997
UPC: 097363312079

Tags: Mystery (4), Thriller (3), Crime (3), 1997 (3), 1990s (3), Action (2), Murder (1), Thriler (1), Box Office Flop (1), Manhunt (1), Paramount Pictures (1), Hot Shower Scene (1)

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" Switchback is a 1997 American thriller film written and directed by Jeb Stuart. It stars Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey. An FBI agent tracks his son's kidnapper to Amarillo, Texas, where two lawmen are seeking to use the case in their election bid. Critics solved the case of the Box Office Bomb. It was this film. The film, featured earlier performances by Allison Smith, R, Lee Ermy, William Fichtner, Julio Oscar Mechoso, and Walter Go"