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Summary
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk-taking Keith.
Good for
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 42GoodWatch 43
IMDb4.6
Audience score38%
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most dramas, −18 min on the typical 109
typical 10991Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2001
March 15, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
22 of 22
Rutger HauerKeith Miller
Virginia MadsenVera Miller
Shannon WhirryLois
Thomas NewtonBabee Gordon
Vanessa DormanEl
Ian BuchananGeorge
Tony BillDetective Mike
Susan ZieglerMiss Cray- WDWilson DavisDr. Sessions
- RLRoger La PageMr. Horn
Michael AlbalaAgent Type- SASophia Adella LukeSylvia
Kandice StrohArt Gallery Patroness- RGRachel GrodnikLittle Girl
- CTCraig TolliverDriver
- MPMegan PaulGirl #1
- RLRobert LepuckiTourist
John FairlieParty Favor Guy- MQMaureen QuinnWoman in Gallery
- JKJohn Kennedy HaydenPatient
- CRCraig ReesParamedic
- CSChloe StearnsKim
Directing · 1
- D. Shone Kirkpatrick Director, Writer
Production · 9
- Robert E. Baruc Executive Producer
- Ellen S. Wander Executive Producer
- Daniel Grodnik Producer
- Robert Snukal Producer
- Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting
- Libby Goldstein Casting
Camera · 1
- Don E. FauntLeRoy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jonathan Cates Editor
Sound · 1
- Thomas Morse Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Rick Walken Production Design
- Peggy Paola Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Pat Tonnema Costume Design
- Laurel Kelly Key Hair Stylist
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