White Sands
“The most dangerous way to solve a murder... become the victim.”
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
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Cast
23 people
Willem Dafoe
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lane Bodine
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Mickey Rourke
Gorman Lennox
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Samuel L. Jackson
Greg Meeker
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M. Emmet Walsh
Bert Gibson
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James Rebhorn
FBI Agent Flynn
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Maura Tierney
Noreen
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Beth Grant
Roz Kincaid
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Alexander Nicksay
Ben Dolezal
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Fredrick Lopez
Delmar Blackwater
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Miguel Sandoval
FBI Agent Ruiz
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John Lafayette
FBI Agent Demott
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Roger Donaldson Director · Daniel Pyne Writer Patrick O'Hearn Composer
Worldwide gross $9M · Budget $22M · United States release April 24, 1992
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Budget
$22,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,011,574
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Morgan Creek Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Morgan Creek Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · April 24, 1992
Theatrical
United States · April 24, 1992
Theatrical
France
November 25, 1992 · Theatrical
March 6, 2002 · Physical · DVD
September 20, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
August 13, 1992 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 14, 1993 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 24, 1992 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 4, 1992 · Theatrical
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