Directed by:
John BadhamScreenplay:
Patrick Sheane DuncanCinematography:
Roy H. WagnerComposer:
Arthur B. RubinsteinCast:
Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase, Charles S. Dutton, Christopher Walken, Roma Maffia, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Gloria Reuben, Bill Smitrovich, G. D. Spradlin (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
And indeed it is a race, filmed in "real time" so that onscreen events unfold minute by nail-biting minute as they would in real life. No sooner does accountant Gene Watson (Depp) arrive at L.A.'s Union station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers (Christopher Walken, Roma Maffia) separate Watson from his little girl, slap a gun into his hand and present a devil's bargain: kill a top government official before she leaves a nearby political rally... or never again see his beloved child. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Johnny Depp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/748/163748098_919c0e.jpg)
Johnny Depp
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Courtney Chase
USA
Best movies:
Rose Hill (1997) (TV movie)
Roommates (1995)
Nick of Time (1995)
![Charles S. Dutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/533/162533050_4034eb.png)
Charles S. Dutton
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
The Express (2008)
A Time to Kill (1996)
![Christopher Walken](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/020/164020349_c4e5a7.jpg)
Christopher Walken
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
![Roma Maffia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/178/158178199_c34a53.jpg)
Roma Maffia
USA
Best movies:
Kiss the Girls (1997)
The Call (2013)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
![Marsha Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324322_1e3fe1.jpg)
Marsha Mason
USA
Best movies:
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Restless Spirits (1999) (TV movie)
![Peter Strauss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/531/168531738_cmxb9i.jpg)
Peter Strauss
USA
Best movies:
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Masada (1981) (series)
![Gloria Reuben](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/337/160337190_352267.jpg)
Gloria Reuben
Canada
Best movies:
The Longest Ride (2015)
Life Support (2007)
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) (TV movie)
![Bill Smitrovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371141_3e8d72.jpg)
Bill Smitrovich
USA
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
Seven Pounds (2008)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
![G. D. Spradlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394596_f90b51.jpg)
G. D. Spradlin
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![Yul Vazquez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/235/164235947_0f053a.jpg)
Yul Vazquez
Cuba
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Traffic (2000)
![Clark Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269416_a0b8bf.jpg)
Clark Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Hyena Road (2015)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
![Isabel García Lorca](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/988/157988079_b3d4b4.jpg)
Isabel García Lorca
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Me Too (2009)
Blindfolded Eyes (1978)
Pamela Dunlap
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
I Am Sam (2001)
The Holiday (2006)
![Rick Zieff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/089/160089690_bfbd9b.jpg)
Rick Zieff
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Superman vs. The Elite (2012)
![Peter Mackenzie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125710_2e057f.jpg)
Peter Mackenzie
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Chris Jacobs
USA
Best movies:
Helter Skelter (2004) (TV movie)
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) (TV movie)
Nick of Time (1995)
Charles Carroll
USA
Best movies:
RoboCop (1987)
First Man (2018)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV movie)
Michael Chong
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Edith Diaz
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Pirate (1978) (TV movie)