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Backfire (1988)

88 min · Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film

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Directors

Gilbert Cates

Cast

Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey

The story

Mara is married to Vietnam veteran Donny, who has horrible visions and nightmares of his combat experiences. She is having an affair with Jake. The lives of all are disrupted when she meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, who became her new lover.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Attempted Murder, Camaraderie, Conspiracy of Murder, Cuckold, Handicapped Person, Husband Wife Relationship, Hysterical Wife, Jugendfreund, Lover, Murder of Husband, Murder of a Friend, Paraplegic, Rach, Trauma, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vietnamveteran

Genres

Psychological Thriller, crime thriller film
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