Movie
Don't Come Knocking
Overview
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
Details
- Release date
- 2005-08-25
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Reverse Angle International, Reverse Angle Production, ARTE France Cinéma, EuroArts, Network Movie, Océan Films Distribution, Road Movies, HanWay Films, Sony Pictures Classics, ZDF/Arte, Wim Wenders Stiftung
- Country
- France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sam Shepard as Howard
- Jessica Lange as Doreen
- Tim Roth as Sutter
- Gabriel Mann as Earl
- Sarah Polley as Sky
- Fairuza Balk as Amber
- Eva Marie Saint as Howard's Mother
- James Roday Rodriguez as 1st AD
- Jeffrey Vincent Parise as 2nd AD
- Majandra Delfino as 1st Girl
- Marieh Delfino as 2nd Girl
- George Kennedy as Director
Crew
- Wim Wenders - Director
- Sam Shepard - Writer
- Wim Wenders - Writer
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