Dead of Winter

Theatrical - Wide 1987-02-06

Cast Mary Steenburgen Roddy McDowall Jan Rubes William Russ Ken Pogue
Directed by Arthur Penn

Box Office Gross: $2,413,427

Running Time: 100 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genres: Horror Thriller

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A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

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