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Switchback (1997)

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User Rating: 6.1/10 (3,981 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Jeb Stuart
Writer (WGA):
Jeb Stuart (written by)
Release Date:
31 October 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
The hunter is tracking the killer. But the killer is setting the trap. more
Plot:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Critics Switch Off Switchback (From Studio Briefing. 31 October 1997)
User Comments:
More character driven than usual more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Claudia Stedelin ... Missy, the Babysitter
Ian Blake Nelson ... Andy LaCrosse
Brent Hinkley ... Man on Porch

R. Lee Ermey ... Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Walton Goggins ... Bud (as Walt Goggins)
Ted Levine ... Deputy Nate Booker
Louis Schaefer ... Sim

William Fichtner ... Chief Jack McGinnis

Jared Leto ... Lane Dixon
Robert L. Somers ... Rancher
Lexie Stuart ... Ranchers Daughter

Danny Glover ... Bob Goodall

Ted Markland ... Bartender

Gregory Scott Cummins ... Rick
Tommy Puett ... Ben
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Going West (USA) (working title)
Going West in America (USA) (working title)
Dönüsüm (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Linea di sangue (Italy) [it]
Piste du tueur, La (France) [fr]
Secuestro (Switchback) (Spain) [es]
Switchback - Gnadenlose Flucht (Germany) [de]
Switchback - kilpajuoksu kuoleman kanssa (Finland) [fi]
Um Assassino à Solta (Portugal) [pt]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and several views of nude pin-ups.
Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R (certificate #34897)
Filming Locations:
Colorado, USA more
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Trivia:
According to an interview with Jeb Stuart in Premiere magazine, he had originally intended to make this movie back in the early 1980's under the title 'Going West in America', with Sidney Poitier, 'Robert Duvall (I)', and Kevin Bacon in the three main roles. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the accident Frank is climbing the hill towards the train. There are several paths of footprints thru the fresh snow. One to the left and another up the path he is climbing. more
Quotes:
Sheriff Buck Olmstead: He told the truth, and once you tell the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey. more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
More character driven than usual, 27 February 1999
8/10
Author: Sean Gallagher (naes@cgocable.net) from Oakville, Ont. Canada

As a thriller, this had some holes. For starters, Stuart identifies the killer too early (at least, I figured it out), so some tension is robbed). The postcard thing never really made any sense to me. And though it's clear who the killer is, his identity raises questions about how Quaid's son is kept without the authorities knowing. But I can forgive a lot of that because we care about the characters. Quaid, Ermey, and Glover, are three of our finest character actors, and they make us interested in their characters. Also, Ted Levine offers fine support, and Jared Leto creates mystery in his role when there wasn't a whole lot written in.

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