Summary
One day, Risa Gallagher gets home and finds her husband murdered. Everybody thinks she did it and she gets sentenced to lifetime in jail. She manages to escape and in order to survive, she has to find out who the real killer is without getting caught by the police. But which of her friends can she trust?
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 31GoodWatch 45
IMDb4.4
Audience score17%
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most thrillers, −12 min on the typical 104
typical 10492Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
1998
August 2, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
TV MovieThrillerMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
- Canada
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 15 more24 people
- Joanna PaculaRisa Gallagher
- Rob StewartDetective Molloy
- Joan CollinsArianna Stanton
- Jack ScaliaBrett Newcomb
- Lisa SchrageEva Newcomb
- Kate JacksonKit Gallagher
- Peter LaCroixFin Gallagher
- Tanja ReichertAnita Gallagher
David FredericksCaptain Crane- SSSharon ScottDevon Peterson
Maria HerreraDeenah- RNRebecca NygardNathalie
Randi LynneJewel- TBTerry BarclayBosco
Tom HeatonBilly Bob- MGMichael GelbartGelby, Valet Captain
Balinder JohalCleaning Woman- DNDoug NormanJudge Sagan
- MEMadeline ElderJury Foreman
Benz AntoineSecurity Guard
Jim PoynerS.F. Bank Manager
Charles PayneNassau Bank Manager
Anne Marie DeLuiseTV Newscaster
Tong LungForensics Expert
Directing · 1
- Timothy Bond Director
Writing · 2
- Sam Irvin Writer
- Joelle Harris Writer
Production · 6
- Beau Rogers Executive Producer
- Stephen P. Jarchow Executive Producer
- David Forrest Executive Producer
- Lance H. Robbins Executive Producer
- James Shavick Producer
- Mark R. Harris Producer
Camera · 1
- Les Erskine Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Stephen R. Myers Editor
- James Cowan Online Editor
Sound · 1
- Ken Williams Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Darcy Mortensen Production Design
- Kelvin Humenny Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Tina Fiorda Costume Design
- Ankaraj Eden Key Makeup Artist
Other crew · 9
- Scott J. Ateah Stunt Coordinator
- Marc Akerstream Stunts
- Melissa R. Stubbs Stunts
- Brad Loree Stunts
- Mike Crestejo Stunts
- Trish Schill Stunts
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