Suture( 1993)

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A thriller where nothing is black and white.

Overview

Brothers Vincent and Clay meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, Vince is actually plotting to kill him with a car bomb and pass the corpse off as his own, planning to start a new life elsewhere with his father's inheritance. But Clay survives the blast and has his face, memory and identity restored in hospital... but are they the right ones?

Top Billed Cast

Dennis Haysbert
Clay Arlington
Mel Harris
Dr. Renee Descartes
Sab Shimono
Dr. Max Shinoda
Dina Merrill
Alice Jameson
Michael Harris
Vincent Towers
David Graf
Lt. Weismann
Fran Ryan
Mrs. Lucerne
John Ingle
Sidney Callahan
Sanford Gibbons
Dr. Fuller (as Sandy Gibbons)
Mark DeMichele
Detective Joe
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Nurse Stevens (as Sandra Lafferty)
Capri Darling
Soprano
Carol Kiernan
Ticket Agent
Laura Groppe
Sportswoman
Mel Coleman
Sportsman
Lon Carli
Man with Camera
Ann Van Wey
Mrs. Lucerne's Nurse
Sam Smiley
Doctor #1
Seth Siegel
Doctor #2
Vincent Barbi
Arthur Towers
Mark Siegel
Emergency Room Doctor (as Mark Siegel D.O.)
Jack Rubens
Captain Sparks (voice)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Apr 08 2018

Stitching that burning ring of fire. Suture is written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. It stars Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill and Michael Harris. Music is by Cary Berger and cinematography by Greg Gardiner. Identity is the crisis can't you see - X-Ray Spex 1978 Suture is an unusual film that on the surface hangs its chief premise on a most ridiculous concept. Yet what is most striking about the film's heart and soul is that it embraces a number of staple film noir narrative threads. Photographed in spanking monochrome, and featuring an unnerving...