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1988

Backfire

Directed by Gilbert Cates
Before the night is over... someone will be rich, someone will be dead, someone will be avenged.

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.

Duration

1h 33m

Released

June 21, 1988

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5.4

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Cast22

  • Karen Allen
  • Keith Carradine
  • Jeff Fahey
  • Bernie Casey
  • Dean Paul Martin
  • Virginia Capers
  • Philip Sterling
  • Dinah Manoff
  • Frances Flanagan

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