Safe House

Jul 1, 1998

1h 52m

★ 6.2

The less you know, the safer you are.

Overview

A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret information which implicates a Presidential front-runner, Mace struggles for his life while battling the debilitating effects of the disease.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Benjamin Productions

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Cast

Mace Sowell

Patrick Stewart

Andi Travers

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Dr. Simon

Héctor Elizondo

Michelle Sowell-Ross

Joy Kilpatrick

Stuart Bittenbinder

Craig Shoemaker

Marc Ross

James Harlow

Admiral Thomas Michelmore

Richard Livingston

Teresa

Julia Vera

Asthma Girl Interviewee

Brenda James

Rocket Scientist Interviewee

Robert Lee Barry

Wise Guy Interviewee

Scott Zacky

'Butch' The Redneck Interviewee

Wayne Demaline

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