

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.
Acting
Rob Lowe's golden-boy-gone-sinister is peak unhinged.
Cinematography
Long Island glamour decaying into coastal rot.
Writing
Double-crosses within double-crosses, deliciously cruel.

Director
Bob Swaim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rob Lowe learned to sail for this role and reportedly hated every minute of it, which oddly fuels his performance's underlying resentment.
Part of a forgotten 80s mini-wave of yacht-based thrillers—think Dead Calm's trashier American cousin—that capitalized on 'rich widow' anxiety post-divorce boom.