Year: 1999
Runtime: 94 mins
Language: English
Director: Steven Schachter
Homicide, seduction and betrayal drive the plot as film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover during a heated spat and covers up the evidence. His actions attract a relentless private investigator who attempts to blackmail him, while Detective Fred Stapelli, a cop dreaming of screenwriting, monitors the case. Soon Thorpe’s girlfriend Kit and Stapelli’s wife Patricia are drawn into the dangerous intrigue.
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