Main Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber
Release Year: 1993
Country: US
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
The Temp is yet another installment in the 1990s thriller genre of "the conniving woman who gets back at all who stand in her way to success," as seen in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Single White Female, Basic Instinct, The Crush, The Babysitter, et al. In this rehash of the perennial formula, Peter Derns (Timothy Hutton), a marketing executive for a cookie company that has recently been bought out by another firm, is forced to hire temporary help when his regular office assistant takes maternity leave. Into the breach comes Kris Bolen (Lara Flynn Boyle), whose efficiency saves the day for the clueless Peter. Unfortunately for Peter's associates, her efficiency extends to killing off Peter's regular assistant upon her return to work by arranging an accident with a paper shredder. But Kris doesn't stop there, and Peter begins to notice a high body count of dead employees falling around him. Peter suspects Kris may be the culprit, but since he has just emerged from treatment for acute paranoia, he can't decide if he is imaging things or not. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Faye Dunaway - Charlene Towne; Colleen Flynn - Sara Meinhold; Scott Coffey - Lance; Dakin Matthews - Dr. Feldman; Maura Tierney - Sharon Derns; Russ Fast - Cop; Craig Hosking - Helicopter Pilot; Rob La Belle - Bill Lives; William Earl Ray - Man in Bar; Lin Shaye - Rosemary; Jesse Vint - Larry; Judith Holstra; Don Alder - Officer Security Guard; Mary Marsh - Shopper; Betsy Toll - Test Lady; Shanti Kahn - 1st Redmont Secretary; Gary Rooney - Bouncer; Michael Winters - Mercer
Credit
Elisabeth Leustig - Casting, Tom Rand - Costume Designer, Tom Holland - Director, Scott Conrad - Editor, Frederic Talgorn - Composer (Music Score), Joel Schiller - Production Designer, Steve Yaconelli - Cinematographer, Michael D. O'Shea - Cinematographer, David L. Butler - Cinematographer, Howard W. Koch - Producer, David Permut - Producer, Tom Engelman - Producer, Tom Engelman - Screenwriter, Kevin Falls - Screenwriter
