Themes: Mental Breakdown, Twins and Lookalikes, Woman In Jeopardy
Main Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ, Mark Malone
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Despite its relative failure at the box office, this is a worthwhile thriller from the director of Bonnie and Clyde. Mary Steenburgen stars as an actress, Katie McGovern, lured to the upstate New York cabin of crazy Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes), a diabolical crippled shrink playing a blackmail game with the ruthless sister of a recently murdered woman, who happened to be a dead ringer for Katie. Lewis and his creepy assistant (Roddy McDowall) keep Katie captive, videotaping her and cutting off her finger to further their sordid plot, while she tries desperately to get away. As the title implies, Arthur Penn gets a lot of atmosphere out of the remote cabin and a raging blizzard, and the cast is terrific. It all falls apart eventually, but is quite gripping until the required histrionics in the silly final reel. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Ken Pogue - Officer Mullavy; Michael Copeman - Highway Patrolman; Sam Malkin - Gas Jock; Wayne Robson - Officer Huntley; Dwayne McLean - Killer
Credit
Alicia Keywan - Art Director, Michael MacDonald - Associate Producer, Ross Clydesdale - Casting, Arthur Roswell - Costume Designer, Tony Thatcher - First Assistant Director, Arthur Penn - Director, Rick Shaine - Editor, Richard Einhorn - Composer (Music Score), Ann Brodie - Makeup, Bill Brodie - Production Designer, Jan Weincke - Cinematographer, Michael MacDonald - Production Manager, John Bloomgarden - Producer, Marc Shmuger - Producer, Mark Freeborn - Set Designer, Bruce Carwardine - Sound/Sound Designer, Glen Gauthier - Sound/Sound Designer, Lee Dichter - Sound/Sound Designer, Mark Malone - Screenwriter, Marc Shmuger - Screenwriter
Mary Steenburgen stars as an actress, Katie McGovern, lured to the upstate New York cabin of crazy Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes), a diabolical crippled shrink playing a blackmail game with the ruthless sister of a recently murdered woman, who happened to be a dead ringer for Katie. Lewis and his creepy assistant (Roddy McDowall) keep Katie captive, videotaping her and cutting off her finger to further their sordid plot, while she tries desperately to get away.
