Navajo Blues

Oct 25, 1996

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

After police detective Nick Epps witnesses his partner's murder by the Mafia, he's forced enter the witness protection program and is placed on the Navajo Indian Reservation. He tries to settle into his new life, but danger seems to follow him as he becomes involved in a serial killer investigation. Before long, the Mafia tracks him down, and Nick is suddenly trapped between two violent worlds with little hope of escaping alive.

Genres

Action

Production Companies

North by Northwest Entertainment

Navajo Blues Trailers

Cast

Nick Epps / John Cole

Steven Bauer

Audrey Wyako

Irene Bedard

Elizabeth Wyako

Charlotte Lewis

Not Lightning Struck

Ed O'Ross

Toby Jr.

Tom Fridley

Captain Hansen

Jack Bannon

Begay

Michael Horse

Grandfather Wyako

Billy Daydoge

John

Israel Gonzales

Amy

Heather Black

Kincaid

Kenneth McCabe

Quimbly

Addison Randall

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