Secret Window

Mar 12, 2004

1h 36m

★ 6.6

The most important part of a story is the ending.

Overview

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Pariah

Grand Slam Productions

Columbia Pictures

Secret Window Trailers

Cast

Mort Rainey

Johnny Depp

John Shooter

John Turturro

Amy Rainey

Maria Bello

Ted Milner

Timothy Hutton

Ken Karsch

Charles S. Dutton

Sheriff Dave Newsome

Len Cariou

Mrs. Garvey

Joan Heney

Tom Greenleaf

John Dunn-Hill

Fire Chief Wickersham

Vlasta Vrana

Detective Bradley

Matt Holland

Fran Evans

Gillian Ferrabee

Greta Bowie

Bronwen Mantel

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