Incident at Deception Ridge

Sep 15, 1994

1h 34m

★ 3.5

Overview

When a double-crossing husband runs off with his wife's ransom money, her kidnappers come after him and the missing money. He leads them on a treacherous journey through the wilderness.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation

Gary Hoffman Productions

MCA Television Entertainment

Incident at Deception Ridge Trailers

Cast

Jack Bolder

Michael O'Keefe

Jack Davis

Ed Begley Jr.

Helen Davis

Linda Purl

Natalie Harris

Michelle Johnson

Lianne Melrose

Colleen Flynn

Del Hayes

Ian Tracey

Sam Bates

Jesse Moss

Ray Hayes

Miguel Ferrer

Bus Driver

Tom Glass

Middle-Aged Man

A.C. Peterson

Bootcamp Marine

D. Neil Clark

Waitress

Morgan Brayton

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