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Breakdown( 1997)

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It could happen to you.

Overview

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kurt Russell

      Jeff Taylor

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      J. T. Walsh

      Warren 'Red' Barr

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      Kathleen Quinlan

      Amy Taylor

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      M.C. Gainey

      Earl

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      Jack Noseworthy

      Billy

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      Rex Linn

      Sheriff Boyd

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      Ritch Brinkley

      Al

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      Moira Sinise

      Arleen Barr

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      Kim Robillard

      Deputy Len Carver

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      Thomas Kopache

      Calhoun

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      Jack McGee

      Bartender

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      Vincent Berry

      Deke Barr

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      Helen Duffy

      Flo

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      Ancel Cook

      Barfly

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      Gene Hartline

      Tow Truck Driver

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      Steve Waddington

      Cowboy In Bank

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      Rick Sanders

      Truck Stop Trucker

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      Alitzah

      Spanish Girl (uncredited)

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      Rick Zieff

      Producer (uncredited)

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Thu Sep 06 2018
    In <i>Breakdown</i>, Kurt Russell and Amy Quinlan play a wealthy New England couple who find horror in Iowa. While driving cross-country, their car breaks down. The various local people they meet who initially seem helpful are in fact criminals working together. The wife is kidnapped, the husband is told to pay half a million to get her back alive, and Kurt Russell decides he'd rather fight. I found this a rather lame movie. Its believability goes way down when, for example, Kurt Russell rides on the bottom of a moving truck trailer and easily finds his way up to the cab. There are obvious c...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    36000000.00

    Revenue

    50159144.00

    Keywords

    • california
    • chase
    • ransom
    • kidnapping
    • bank
    • paranoia
    • new mexico
    • highway
    • barn
    • diner
    • vacation
    • deception
    • road trip
    • donut
    • murder
    • stranded
    • redneck
    • extortion
    • captive
    • desert
    • truck driver
    • woman in jeopardy
    • abduction