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The Water Engine
The Water Engine
Release: 1992-08-24
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 5.2
Drama
TV Movie
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Turner Pictures
Amblin Television
Cast
Rebecca Pidgeon
as Connie
Hawthorne James
as Factory Worker
William H. Macy
as Charles Lang
John Mahoney
as Mason Gross
Joanna Miles
as Mrs. Varek
John Capodice
as Kegan
Calvin Remsberg
as Member of Singing Quartet (uncredited)
Martin Sheen
as Chain Letter Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Mantegna
as Lawrence Oberman
Treat Williams
as Dave Murray
Peter Michael Goetz
as Soapbox Speaker One
Felicity Huffman
as Dance Hall Girl
Patti LuPone
as Rita Lang
Charles Durning
as Tour Guide
David Mamet
as Brown Haired Man
Andrea Marcovicci
as Singer in Dance Hall
Natalija Nogulich
as Soapbox Speaker Two (as Natalia Nogulich)
Ricky Jay
as Ratty Inventor
Lucinda Jenney
as Gross's Secretary
Mike Nussbaum
as Mr. Wallace
J.J. Johnston
as White Haired Man
