• Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Psychological Thriller
• Themes: Race Against Time, Assassination Plots, Terrorism
• Director: John Badham
• Main Cast: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Peter Strauss, Roma Maffia
• Release Year: 1995
• Country: US
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

A stranger pulled into a deadly scheme races against time to save his daughter in this thriller. Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is an accountant who comes to L.A. with his ten-year-old daughter Lynn (Courtney Chase) to attend a funeral. On the street, Gene and Lynn are pulled aside by Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia), who flash what look like police badges and usher them into a van. Gene soon discovers that he's been kidnapped, and his captors have an unusual demand -- if Gene does not murder Gov. Eleanor Grant (Marsha Mason) within 75 minutes, his daughter will be killed. Gene now has just an hour and a quarter to tip off the authorities, spare Gov. Grant, and find out what Smith and Jones are trying to do, along with saving his daughter's life. He finds a much-needed ally in one-legged shoe-shine man Huey (Charles S. Dutton). Most of the action in Nick of Time occurs in "real time," meaning that the passage of time on screen matches that of real life, as the frequent shots of clocks and watches will attest. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Johnny Depp - Gene Watson
• Christopher Walken - Mr. Smith
• Charles S. Dutton - Huey
• Peter Strauss - Brendan Grant
• Roma Maffia - Ms. Jones

Gloria Reuben - Krista Brooks; Robert Buckingham - Illegal Security Access Carrier; Michael Chong - Asian Man; Edith Diaz - Irene--Domestic Maintenance; Pamela Dunlap - Centerpiece Poacher; Holly Kuespert - Physically Attractive Woman; Tom Lawrence - Personal Waste Facility User; Isabel Lorca - French Woman; Peter MacKenzie - JBN Reporter; Marsha Mason - Gov. Eleanor Grant; Miguel Najera - Franco--Governor's Bodyguard; Bill Smitrovich - Officer Trust; Jan Speck - Rally Orienter; Yul Vázquez - Gustino--Guest Services; Lance August - Personal Security; Clark Johnson - Hackney Transportist; G.D. Spradlin - Mystery Man; Rick Zieff - JBN Videographer; Courtney Chase - Lynn Watson; Jerry Tondo - Chief Aide; C.J. Bau - Mixologist; Nicole Mancera - Young Hispanic Girl; Tomi-Lee Bradley - Himself; Alison Stuart - Verbally Abusive Spouse; Christopher Jacobs - Comestible Server; Cynthena Sanders - Beverage Server; John Azevedo, Jr. - Security Associate; Teddy Beeler - Union Station Security; Yolanda Gonzalez - Mother; Dana Mackey - Transport Reception Manager; Cynthia Noritake - Asian Woman; Armando Ortega - Hector (Guest Services); Antonette Saftler - Mrs Wentzel; Antony Sandoval - French Man; Lance Hunter Voorhees - Weapons Security; Charles Carroll - Sanitation Engineer

Credit

John Badham - Director; John Badham - Producer; Shane Dixon - Stunts; Patrick Sheane Duncan - Screenwriter; Philip Harrison - Production Designer; Jeff Jarvis - Special Effects; Nancy Mickelberry - Set Designer; Frank Morriss - Editor; Eric Orbom - Art Director; Arthur B. Rubinstein - Composer (Music Score); Mary Vogt - Costume Designer; Roy H. Wagner - Cinematographer; John M. Elliott, Jr. - Makeup; Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer; Richard H. Prince - Production Manager; D.J. Caruso - First Assistant Director; D.J. Caruso - Executive Producer; John Hockridge - First Assistant Director; Julia Badham - Set Designer; Cammie Crier - Associate Producer; Carol Lewis - Casting; Bob Gorelick - Camera Operator; Wayne R. Tidwell - Video Assist

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