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About
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
Theatrical
Oct 11, 1996
Box Office
$89.5M
Budget
$65.0M
Return
1.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 30, 1997
Theaters
5
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
The Steve Tisch Company, New Line Cinema, Forge
Keywords
assassination
spy
martial arts
amnesia
hostage
new identity
strong woman
chase
beautiful woman
dark comedy
teacher
escape
shootout
female protagonist
gunfight
terrorism
single mother
government assassin
timebomb
candlelight vigil
rogue agent
woman agent
christmas
ex-cia agent
action hero
amnesiac
christmas parade
assassination team
dramatic
gun death
bold
Quotes
See all →Real Terrorism for Political Gain
Mitch Henessey
You're telling me you guys are gonna fake some terrorist thing, just to scare some money out of Congress?
Leland Perkins
Well, unfortunately, Mr. Henessey, I have no idea how to fake killing 4,000 people. So we're just gonna have to do it for real.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Uninvited Company and Dark Humor
Assassin
Hey, princess. Want some company?
Charly Baltimore
No, thanks. I'm saving myself for when I get raped.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Geena Davis
Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore
Samuel L. Jackson
Mitch Henessey
P
Patrick Malahide
Leland Perkins
C
Craig Bierko
Timothy
B
Brian Cox
Dr. Nathan Waldman
S
Sharon Washington
Fran Henessey
D
David Morse
Luke / Daedalus
G
G.D. Spradlin
President
T
Tom Amandes
Hal
Y
Yvonne Zima
Caitlin Caine
M
Melina Kanakaredes
Trin
A
Alan North
Earl
E
Edwin Hodge
Todd Henessey
J
Joseph McKenna
One-Eyed Jack
D
Dan Warry-Smith
Raymond
K
Kristen Bone
Girl #1
J
Jennifer Pisana
Girl #2
R
Rex Linn
Man in Bed
B
Bill MacDonald
Hostage Agent
G
Gladys O'Connor
Alice
