Forced Alliance( 1989)

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Their plea for help turned into a night they would never forget.

Overview

Four young friends, en route to the coast for a weekend of surfing and fun are forced to seek help from a strange recluse when their car breaks down. Jack Rattigan is a strange man living in an even stranger house, a decaying relic of a bygone age. Is Rattigan insane? Or are his words and acts and expression of a mind tortured by mortal anguish? What is Rattigans secret? And what is the source of his power to mesmerise?

Top Billed Cast

Liam Cundill
Jason
Bart Fouche
Reggie
Lesley Rochat
Kathy
Tom Aigner
Cop
Trapper John Rudd
Cop
Todd Jensen
Kurt
Danny Keogh
Rattigan ...(credited as Danny Keough)

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A review by Paul de Bruin

Written by Paul de Bruin on Tue Nov 19 2013

I want to thank **Paul S. Rowlston** for helping me track this film down and for supplying the artwork scan from his own personal VHS tape! This film is pretty rare and I haven’t actually seen it but Paul was the Production manager / Associate Producer on this one and assures me that: > while it was made cheap and fast, this was actually a pretty good film, a strong script with an amazing and affecting performance by Danny Keogh. > It was an honest attempt at a serious film. Paul also provided an interesting backstory to this film: >It was written by **Gregg Latter** at the request o...