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Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
2003 · Directed by James Mangold · 90 min · Mystery · Thriller · 17 frames
Tagline
The secret lies within.
Crew
- Written by: Michael Cooney
- Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
- Edited by: David Brenner
- Music: Alan Silvestri
- Production design: Mark Friedberg
- Produced by: Cathy Konrad
Cast
- John Cusack as Ed
- Ray Liotta as Rhodes
- Amanda Peet as Paris
- John Hawkes as Larry
- Alfred Molina as Doctor
- Clea DuVall as Ginny
- John C. McGinley as George
- William Lee Scott as Lou
- Jake Busey as Robert Maine
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Malcolm Rivers
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Konrad Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $28,000,000
- Box office: $90,259,536
- Themes: prostitute, prisoner, psychopath, nevada, detective, rain, motel, weather, ex-cop, murder
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