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A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband's body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...
Theatrical
Jan 1, 1988
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Ned Beatty
Thelonious Pitt
M
Mia Sara
Melanie
Michael Madsen
Earl
D
Donna Mitchell
Elizabeth
J
James Widdoes
Victor
J
Joe Dorsey
Birkenstock
W
William Bumiller
Terwilliger
T
Troy Evans
Det. Harris
T
Tracy Brooks Swope
Mercy
R
Robert Gould
Det. Wand
P
Peter Fox
Hotel Clerk
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William B. Johnson
Gas Station Attendant (as William Johnson)
R
Ramon Angeloni
Birkenstock's Assistant
B
Brian Banowetz
(uncredited)
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