The Abduction of Zack Butterfield

Apr 19, 2011

1h 31m

★ 4.8

Overview

A beautiful but disturbed young woman returns to the US after combat as a American mercenary in Iraq and abducts a 14-year-old New York boy, holding him prisoner in her isolated country home as a bizarre relationship develops.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metropolis Films

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Cast

April McKenna

Brett Helsham

Zack Butterfield

TJ Plunkett

Marianne Butterfield

Lisa Gunn

Peter Butterfield

Aaron Letrick

Emily

Celine du Tertre

Chris Briggs

Domenico D'Ippolito

Agent Quincannon

Anthony Ames

Travis

Connor Buckley

Sheriff Butler

Stephen M. Ryder

Mike

Walter Masterson

Cindy Butterfield

Nina Rausch

Gary

Ryan Ward

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