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6 February 1987 (USA) morePlot:
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Wretchedly ineffective would-be thriller. Poor Mary Steenburgen. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Julie Rose / Katie McGovern / Evelyn |
 | Roddy McDowall | ... | Mr. Murray |
 | Jan Rubes | ... | Dr. Joseph Lewis |
| William Russ | ... | Rob Sweeney |
| Ken Pogue | ... | Officer Mullavy |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Officer Huntley |
| Mark Malone | ... | Roland McGovern |
| Michael Copeman | ... | Highway Patrolman |
| Sam Malkin | ... | Gas Jock |
| Pamela Moller | ... | Woman at audition |
| Dwayne McLean | ... | Killer |
| Paul Welsh | ... | New Year's Eve reveler |
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Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:RFilming Locations:
Ontario, CanadaFun Stuff
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The score for the entire film was written for only 4 instruments. 90% of it required only two. moreQuotes:
Telephone Operator: There is no 311 area code. moreFAQ
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The lovely and talented Mary Steenburgen's career was in the doldrums when she accepted the lead in this pathetic, unnecessarily ugly, would-be thriller, which also marks the nadir of director Arthur Penn's career. A starving New York actress accepts a mysterious offer to spend the weekend in snowbound New England at the eerie home of an equally creepy gentleman. What transpires is not only predictable but totally devoid of suspense or surprise. Filled with enough sadism to make any sane moviegoer queasy, this MGM cheapie (filmed in Canada, naturally) was a deserved, long-forgotten flop. Supposedly a re-make of the superior 1945 'B' thriller "My Name is Julia Ross," you'd do well to catch the original and skip this putrid, pointless mess. Poor Mary Steenburgen had come a long way from her Oscar-winning performance in "Melvyn and Howard"!