Movie
Breakdown
Overview
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-05-02
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The De Laurentiis Company, Spelling Films, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Jeff Taylor
- J.T. Walsh as Warren 'Red' Barr
- Kathleen Quinlan as Amy Taylor
- M.C. Gainey as Earl
- Jack Noseworthy as Billy
- Rex Linn as Sheriff Boyd
- Ritch Brinkley as Al
- Moira Sinise as Arleen Barr
- Kim Robillard as Deputy Len Carver
- Thomas Kopache as Calhoun
- Jack McGee as Bartender
- Vincent Berry as Deke Barr
Crew
- Jonathan Mostow - Director
- Jonathan Mostow - Screenplay
- Sam Montgomery - Screenplay
- Jonathan Mostow - Story
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