Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who has supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
infidelity
amnesia
wife
san francisco, california
identity
riddle
shipwreck
suspicion
plastic surgery
head physician
memory loss
secretary
hospital
car accident
private detective
neo-noir
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
Tom Berenger
Dan Merrick
Bob Hoskins
Gus Klein
Greta Scacchi
Judith Merrick
Joanne Whalley
Jenny Scott
Corbin Bernsen
Jeb Scott
Debi A. Monahan
Nancy Mercer
Bert Rosario
Rudy Costa
Jedda Jones
Sadie
Kellye Nakahara
Lydia
Dona Hardy
Pet Shop Woman
Frank Cavestani
Cop
Theodore Bikel
Dr. Berkus
Crew
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay
Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer
László Kovács
Director of Photography
Wolfgang Petersen
Producer
John Davis
Producer
Nick Scoggin
Stunts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts
Gregg Smrz
Stunts
Donna Evans
Stunts
John-Clay Scott
Stunts
Joel Kramer
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
alissa
4.0★ · 12/23/25
what’s going on
what’s going on
Jaz
7.0★ · 09/12/25
life’s already tough but imagine nearly dying, waking up with amnesia, and then finding out your wife’s been cheating on you
life’s already tough but imagine nearly dying, waking up with amnesia, and then finding out your wife’s been cheating on you
Douglas Lancaster
3.7★ · 06/29/22
So many of these 90s thrillers aren’t grabbing me as they did back then.
So many of these 90s thrillers aren’t grabbing me as they did back then.
Kelly
3.0★ · 03/28/22
The biggest crime of this was I spent most of it bored
The biggest crime of this was I spent most of it bored