Backfire
Backfire
Release: 1988-06-21
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 4.8
Thriller
Drama
Mystery
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.
Production Countries
Canada
United States of America
Production Companies
ITC Entertainment
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Lesley Ewen
as Dispatcher
Virginia Capers
as Maxine
Dwight Koss
as Deputy 'Buzz'
Dwight McFee
as Searcher #1
Kim Kondrashoff
as Searcher #2
Wendy Van Riesen
as Alice
Karen Allen
as Mara McAndrew
Keith Carradine
as Reed
Jeff Fahey
as Donnie McAndrew
Philip Sterling
as Dr. Creason
Dinah Manoff
as Jill
Robert Metcalfe
as Deputy #2
Frances Flanagan
as Claire
Antony Holland
as Judge Hardin
Enid Saunders
as Aunt Elizabeth
Tom McBeath
as Man in Bar
Eric Schneider
as Dr. Cooper
Bernie Casey
as Clinton James
Dean Paul Martin
as Jake
Jay Brazeau
as Junior
