Backfire

Backfire (1988)

Before the night is over... someone will be rich, someone will be dead, someone will be avenged.

  • Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1988-06-21
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ITC Entertainment
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America
  • Director: Gilbert Cates
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Summary

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.

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  • Karen Allen

    as Mara McAndrew

  • Keith Carradine

    as Reed

  • Jeff Fahey

    as Donnie McAndrew

  • 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

  • Dwight Koss

    as Deputy 'Buzz'

  • Gordon McIntosh

    as Big George

  • Wendy Van Riesen

    as Alice

  • Eric Schneider

    as Dr. Cooper

  • Enid Saunders

    as Aunt Elizabeth

  • Jay Brazeau

    as Junior

  • Lesley Ewen

    as Dispatcher

  • Dwight McFee

    as Searcher #1

  • Kim Kondrashoff

    as Searcher #2

  • Brian Linds

    as Bob

  • Robert Metcalfe

    as Deputy #2

  • Tom McBeath

    as Man in Bar
Sound David Shire Original Music Composer
Camera Tak Fujimoto Director of Photography
Crew David Jacox Stunt Double
Crew Jacob Rupp Stunt Coordinator
Production Mike Fenton Casting
Crew Betty Thomas Quee Stunt Double
Production Jane Feinberg Casting
Directing Donald Hauer First Assistant Director
Sound Graham Crowell Boom Operator
Art Mark Prior Assistant Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Jayne Dancose Assistant Makeup Artist
Camera Cyrus Block Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up Lola Kemp Hairstylist
Production Eleanor Spencer Extras Casting
Production Karen Ann Stewart Production Coordinator
Art Bill Thumm Property Master
Art Garry R. Brolley Construction Coordinator
Production Bob Gray Production Manager
Sound Larry Sutton Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Michael Westmore Special Effects Makeup Artist
Crew Robert Weinberger Unit Publicist
Crew Tink Ten Eyck Production Controller
Directing Richard Coleman Third Assistant Director
Directing Cynnie Troup Script Supervisor
Lighting John S. Bartley Gaffer
Camera Jack Rowand Still Photographer
Production Diana J. Austin Production Accountant
Camera John Sprungman Camera Trainee
Camera Dillard Brinson Key Grip
Crew Roy Aborgast Special Effects Coordinator
Directing Wendy A. Ross Second Assistant Director
Lighting Rick Buckmaster Genetator Operator
Sound Horace Manzanares Assistant Sound Editor
Sound Erma E. Levin Music Editor
Sound William L. McCaughey Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Jack Kirschner Sound Editor
Sound Richard Adams Sound Editor
Editing Charles V. Coleman Assistant Editor
Sound Bill W. Benton Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Editing Michael Smith Assistant Editor
Sound Gregory H. Watkins Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew Tim Myers Post Production Supervisor
Sound James J. Klinger Supervising Sound Editor
Crew Dean Paul Martin In Memory Of
Production Danton Rissner Producer
Writing Larry Brand Writer
Writing Rebecca Reynolds Writer
Editing Melvin Shapiro Editor
Directing Gilbert Cates Director
Crew J.J. Makaro Stunts
Costume & Make-Up Andrew Brown Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up John Inzerella Makeup Artist
Sound Ken Dufva Foley Artist
Art Daniel A. Lomino Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Design
Art Sandy Arthur Set Decoration

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