White Sands (1992)
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Directors
Roger Donaldson
Cast
Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh
The story
Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico deputy sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert. Alongside the body of Bob Spencer is a suitcase containing $500,000. During the autopsy, authorities find a digested piece of paper with a phone number; Dolezal, posing as Spencer, calls the number and goes to a meeting, where he is robbed and instructed to meet gunrunner Gorman Lennox at a restaurant.
Genres
Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, police film, political thriller film, suspense film, thriller film
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