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A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 63%. It runs a compact 1h 26m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
48 audience votes
Key crew
- Dennis PotterWriter
- Nicolas RoegDirector
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Theresa RussellLinda Henry
- Gary OldmanMartin
- Christopher LloydHenry Henry
- Colleen CampArlanda
- Sandra BernhardNurse Stein
- Seymour CasselDr. Bernard Fairmont
- Leon RippyTrucker
- Vance Colvig Jr.Mr. Ennis
- Kathryn TomlinsonReceptionist
- Elijah PerryRedneck
- Tommy HullCounterman
- J. Michael HunterWaiter
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Themes
small townobsessionnorth carolinahitchhikermodel railways