The Crossing Guard

Jan 26, 1995

1h 51m

★ 6.0

...some lives cross, others collide.

Overview

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Miramax

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Cast

Freddy Gale

Jack Nicholson

John Booth

David Morse

Mary

Anjelica Huston

Jojo

Robin Wright

Helen Booth

Piper Laurie

Stuart Booth

Richard Bradford

Verna

Priscilla Barnes

Peter

David Baerwald

Roger

Robbie Robertson

Bobby

John Savage

Mia

Kari Wuhrer

Jennifer

Jennifer Leigh Warren

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