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6.0After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Released: 1997-10-31118 minDir: Jeb StuartThriller, MysteryBudget: $37.0MBox office: $6.5M
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as FBI Special Agent Frank LaCrosse
- Danny Glover as Bob Goodall
- R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
- Jared Leto as Lane Dixon
- Ted Levine as Deputy Nate Booker
- William Fichtner as Chief Jack McGinnis
Themes
- sheriff
- texas
- colorado
- murder
- young boy
- serial killer
- hitchhiker
- train
- series of murders
- election
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- 118
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- publication date
- 1997-10-31
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- review score
- 32%
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Amarillo
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Walton Goggins
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crime fiction
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Categories
1990s serial killer films1997 American films1997 crime thriller films1997 directorial debut films1997 English-language films1997 filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican detective filmsAmerican serial killer filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsFilms about child abduction in the United StatesFilms about the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFilms produced by Gale Anne HurdFilms scored by Basil PoledourisFilms set in ColoradoFilms set in New MexicoFilms set in TexasFilms set on trainsFilms shot in CaliforniaFilms shot in ColoradoFilms with screenplays by Jeb StuartParamount Pictures filmsRysher Entertainment filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date