Breakdown
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1997
1h 35m
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English
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Breakdown
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.
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Cast
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor
Warren 'Red' Barr
Amy Taylor
Earl
Billy
Sheriff Boyd
Arleen Barr
Deputy Len Carver
Calhoun
Bartender at Belle's Diner
Deke Barr, Red's Son
Flo
Barfly at Belle's Diner
Tow Truck Driver
Cowboy In Bank
Truck Stop Trucker
Producer (uncredited)
Directed By: Jonathan Mostow
Written By: Jonathan Mostow (Story), Sam Montgomery (Screenplay)
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Whitsbrain
/10 2 years ago
I'm not trying to brag here, but I usually do a decent job of ignoring movies that I believe will make me just shrug my shoulders. It's not hard to see that "Breakdown" is going to be predictable. It's about a husband and wife. They are in the desert, their truck breaks down, and she goes missing More
CRCulver
6 years ago
In Breakdown, 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 More
JPV852
3 years ago
Simple but really solid suspense-thriller with some good sequences especially the finale with great car stunts. Not much to the performances or characters, but Kurt Russell was, as usual, good in the lead and J.T. Walsh sinister as the primary villain. **3.75/5**
John Chard
4 years ago
Super Thriller.
Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow and Mostow co-writes the screenplay with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy and Ritch Brinkley. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by Douglas Milsome.
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Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow and Mostow co-writes the screenplay with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy and Ritch Brinkley. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by Douglas Milsome.
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