When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost brother of the town's leading citizen.
Acting
Stacy Keach chewing dual scenery with theatrical glee.
Writing
Radio host protagonist actually uses her research skills—rare!
Director
James Keach
Stacy Keach
Ben Driscoll / Harlan Errickson
Geneviève Bujold
Rachel Roux
Tobin Bell
Marshall Errickson
Veronica Cartwright
Vera Errickson
Michael Champion
Luther
Todd Jeffries
Chad Erickson
Grainger Hines
Tommy
Tom McFadden
Sheriff
William Lucking
Frank Calovich
Renée O'Connor
Angela Errickson
Stacy Keach, Sr.
Irving Campbell
Kimberly Beck
Cindy Roger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director James Keach cast his brother Stacy in both lead roles—nepotism producing genuinely unnerving doppelgänger tension.
Released straight-to-cable in 1990, this epitomizes the 'USA Network original movie' aesthetic that defined rainy Saturday afternoons for a generation.
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