Backfire

Before the night is over... someone will be rich, someone will be dead, someone will be avenged.

Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.

Cast

Karen Allen

Mara McAndrew

Keith Carradine

Reed

Jeff Fahey

Donnie McAndrew

Bernie Casey

Clinton James

Dean Paul Martin

Jake

Virginia Capers

Maxine

Philip Sterling

Dr. Creason

Dinah Manoff

Jill

Frances Flanagan

Claire

Antony Holland

Judge Hardin

Crew

Tak Fujimoto

Director of Photography

David Shire

Original Music Composer

Mike Fenton

Casting

Jane Feinberg

Casting

Jacob Rupp

Stunt Coordinator

Betty Thomas Quee

Stunt Double

David Jacox

Stunt Double

Donald Hauer

First Assistant Director

Bob Gray

Production Manager

Wendy A. Ross

Second Assistant Director

Clips & Videos

Backfire - 1987