Movie
River's Edge
Overview
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-10-10
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Island, Hemdale Film Corporation
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Crispin Glover as Layne
- Keanu Reeves as Matt
- Ione Skye as Clarissa
- Roxana Zal as Maggie
- Daniel Roebuck as Samson
- Dennis Hopper as Feck
- Joshua John Miller as Tim
- Tom Bower as Bennett
- Danyi Deats as Jamie
- Constance Forslund as Madeleine
- Leo Rossi as Jim
- Phillip Brock as Mike
Crew
- Tim Hunter - Director
- Neal Jimenez - Writer
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