Desperate
4.7
In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.
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Cast
19 people
John Savage
Noah
Known for
The Deer Hunter
Dark Angel
Meg Foster
Dorymae
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They Live
Ravenswood
Chris Burke
Louis
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North and South
Liane Langland
Deirdre O'Donohue
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Andrew Robinson
Seamus
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Hellraiser
Dirty Harry
J.A. Preston
Wiggee
Known for
A Few Good Men
Body Heat
George Dickerson
LeClerc
Known for
Blue Velvet
Death Warrant
Castulo Guerra
Estabumante
Known for
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Frances Foster
Loretta
Known for
Clockers
Crooklyn
Byrne Piven
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Known for
Being John Malkovich
Ned Bellamy
Agent Carter
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Saw
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Patrick John Hurley
Mullen
Known for
Intelligence
Peter Markle Director · Michael Braverman Writer Jerry D. Good Cinematographer
United States release September 19, 1987 · Produced in United States
Production
Toots Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 19, 1987
TV · ABC
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