Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.
Acting
David Caruso pre-CSI, stealing scenes with smarmy menace
Cinematography
Florida humidity you can practically taste
Production
Genuine seedy locations, not backlot fake
Director
Michelle Manning
Judd Nelson
Billy Turner
Ally Sheedy
Annie Rayford
David Caruso
Joey Rayford
Paul Winfield
Chief Luther Reynolds
Scott Wilson
Perry Kerch
Anita Morris
Malvina Kerch-Turner
Luis Contreras
Lieutenant Ortiz
Julie Carmen
Debbie Torres
Allan Graf
Graf
Hank Stone
Hank
Tommy Lister Jr.
Tiny
Willard E. Pugh
Leroy
Sam Whipple
Jailer
David L. Crowley
Bartender
Paddi Edwards
Kate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a Ross Macdonald novel — the same hardboiled source that influenced Chinatown, though this adaptation takes... liberties.
Michelle Manning was an executive at Paramount who fought to direct; this was her theatrical debut and, largely, her swan song in features.
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