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Backfire (1988)
Directed by Gilbert Cates
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Karen Allen | Keith Carradine | Jeff Fahey | Bernie Casey | Dean Paul Martin | Virginia Capers | Philip Sterling | Dinah Manoff | Frances Flanagan | Antony Holland | Dwight Koss | Gordon McIntosh | Wendy Van Riesen | Eric Schneider | Enid Saunders | Jay Brazeau | Lesley Ewen | Dwight McFee | Kim Kondrashoff | Brian Linds | Robert Metcalfe | Tom McBeath