The read
Scores higher than 85% of the 702 1990s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic79/100
333 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
- Paul SchraderDirector
- Paul SchraderScreenplay
Cast
- Nick NolteWade Whitehouse
- Sissy SpacekMargie Fogg
- James CoburnGlen Whitehouse
- Willem DafoeRolfe Whitehouse
- Mary Beth HurtLillian
- Jim True-FrostJack Hewitt
- Marian SeldesAlma Pittman
- Holmes OsborneGordon LaRiviere
- Brigid TierneyJill
- Sean McCannEvan Twombley
- Wayne RobsonNick Wickham
- Eugene LipinskiJ. Battle Hand
Stills
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Themes
small townbased on novel or bookwinterabusive fatherhalloweennew hampshirehunting accidentalcoholismsnowdomestic violencedeer huntingfather son relationship
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