Movie
Affliction
Overview
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-02-12
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Largo Entertainment, Reisman / Kingsgate Productions
- Country
- United States of America, Canada, Japan
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse
- Sissy Spacek as Margie Fogg
- James Coburn as Glen Whitehouse
- Willem Dafoe as Rolfe Whitehouse
- Mary Beth Hurt as Lillian
- Jim True-Frost as Jack Hewitt
- Marian Seldes as Alma Pittman
- Holmes Osborne as Gordon LaRiviere
- Brigid Tierney as Jill
- Sean McCann as Evan Twombley
- Wayne Robson as Nick Wickham
- Eugene Lipinski as J. Battle Hand
Crew
- Paul Schrader - Director
- Paul Schrader - Screenplay
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