Backfire (1988)
1h 33m
Running Time
June 21, 1988Release Date
Plot.
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
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Cast & Crew.
Karen Allen
Mara McAndrew
Keith Carradine
Reed
Jeff Fahey
Donnie McAndrew
Bernie Casey
Clinton James
Dean Paul Martin
Jake / In Memory Of
Virginia Capers
Maxine
Philip Sterling
Dr. Creason
Dinah Manoff
Jill
Frances Flanagan
Claire
Antony Holland
Judge Hardin
Dwight Koss
Deputy 'Buzz'
Gordon McIntosh
Big George
Wendy Van Riesen
Alice
Eric Schneider
Dr. Cooper
Enid Saunders
Aunt Elizabeth
Jay Brazeau
Junior
Lesley Ewen
Dispatcher
Dwight McFee
Searcher #1
Kim Kondrashoff
Searcher #2
Brian Linds
Bob
Robert Metcalfe
Deputy #2
Tom McBeath
Man in Bar
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Mike Fenton
Casting
Melvin Shapiro
Editor
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Daniel A. Lomino
Production Design
Michael Westmore
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Betty Thomas Quee
Stunt Double
Larry Brand
Writer
John S. Bartley
Gaffer
Donald Hauer
First Assistant Director
Gilbert Cates
Director
Cynnie Troup
Script Supervisor
Jacob Rupp
Stunt Coordinator
J.J. Makaro
Stunts
Bob Gray
Production Manager
Cyrus Block
Camera Operator
Erma E. Levin
Music Editor
Dillard Brinson
Key Grip
Gregory H. Watkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Inzerella
Makeup Artist
Ken Dufva
Foley Artist
James J. Klinger
Supervising Sound Editor
Jack Kirschner
Sound Editor
Bill W. Benton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tink Ten Eyck
Production Controller
Lola Kemp
Hairstylist
William L. McCaughey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Jacox
Stunt Double
Jayne Dancose
Assistant Makeup Artist
Michael Smith
Assistant Editor
Rebecca Reynolds
Writer
Danton Rissner
Producer
Graham Crowell
Boom Operator
Larry Sutton
Sound Mixer
Jack Rowand
Still Photographer
Bill Thumm
Property Master
Sandy Arthur
Set Decoration
Richard Adams
Sound Editor
Horace Manzanares
Assistant Sound Editor
Richard Coleman
Third Assistant Director
Andrew Brown
Costume Design
Tim Myers
Post Production Supervisor
Wendy A. Ross
Second Assistant Director
John Sprungman
Camera Trainee
Rick Buckmaster
Genetator Operator
Mark Prior
Assistant Set Decoration
Roy Aborgast
Special Effects Coordinator
Garry R. Brolley
Construction Coordinator
Robert Weinberger
Unit Publicist
Eleanor Spencer
Extras Casting
Karen Ann Stewart
Production Coordinator
Diana J. Austin
Production Accountant
Charles V. Coleman
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Backfire is a 1988 mystery-thriller film about a murderous love triangle which forms between an affluent Vietnam War veteran, his wife, and another man. The film was directed by Gilbert Cates, and stars Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Dean Paul Martin and Jeff Fahey. The film is dedicated to Martin, who died in a plane crash before the film was released.
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