Backfire (1987)
Before the night is over... someone will be rich, someone will be dead, someone will be avenged.
90 min
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
- Release date
- June 21, 1988
- Country of origin
- Canada, United States
Trailer
Cast
- Karen Allen as Mara
- Keith Carradine as Reed
- Jeff Fahey as Donny
- Bernie Casey as Clinton James
- Dean Paul Martin as Jake
- Virginia Capers as Maxine
- Philip Sterling as Dr. Creason
- Dinah Manoff as Jill
- Frances Flanagan as Claire
- Antony Holland as Judge Hardin
Crew
- Gilbert Cates · Director
- Larry Brand · Writer
- Rebecca Reynolds · Writer
- Danton Rissner · Producer
- David Shire · Composer
- Tak Fujimoto · Cinematographer
- Melvin Shapiro · Editor
- Lynne Carrow · Casting director
- Jane Feinberg · Casting director
- Mike Fenton · Casting director
- Daniel A. Lomino · Production designer