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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
142 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonas PateScreenplay
- Josh PateScreenplay
- Jonas PateDirector
- Josh PateDirector
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tim RothJames Walter Wayland
- Michael RookerDetective Edward Kennesaw
- Renée ZellwegerElizabeth
- Chris PennDetective Phillip Braxton
- Rosanna ArquetteMrs. Kennesaw
- Karina LogueSorority Girl
- Ellen BurstynMook
- Tamara MercerMisty
- Michael ParksDr. Banyard
- Don WinstonWarren
- Mark DamonWayland’s Father
- J.C. QuinnPriest
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Themes
prostitutemurdertextile company