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MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeb Stuart
Genres: Thriller
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Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die_Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Politically ambitious Amarillo police chief Jack McGinnis (William_Fichtner) uses a local murder to gain votes in his campaign, a setback for Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R._Lee_Ermey), up for re-election. The situation looks better for Olmstead after FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Dennis_Quaid) arrives to track the killer. LaCrosse has a personal agenda: he's convinced this killer is the man who kidnapped his son. Meanwhile, ex-medical student Lane Dixon (Jared_Leto), hitchhiking across New Mexico, gets a lift from friendly Bob Goodall (Danny_Glover), a former rail worker who later rescues Dixon from menacing miners in a bar. Red herrings throughout conceal the true identity of the killer. Some scenes were filmed at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Red Cliff, Colorado. Working titles include: Going West in America, Going West. Shown at the 1997 Denver Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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