Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
small town
obsession
north carolina
hitchhiker
model railways
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Cast
Theresa Russell
Linda Henry
Gary Oldman
Martin
Christopher Lloyd
Henry Henry
Colleen Camp
Arlanda
Sandra Bernhard
Nurse Stein
Seymour Cassel
Dr. Bernard Fairmont
Leon Rippy
Trucker
Vance Colvig Jr.
Mr. Ennis
J. Michael Hunter
Waiter
Richard K. Olsen
Delegate
Crew
Nicolas Roeg
Director
Dennis Potter
Writer
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Rick McCallum
Producer
George Harrison
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Sydney Salk
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Chip
7.0★ · 12/30/21
Nicolas Roeg did in fact make this movie. You gotta aspire to be this much of a wife guy because this movie wouldn't even be watchable without Theresa Russell but she's so damn good that it tips the scale in a positive direction.
Nicolas Roeg did in fact make this movie. You gotta aspire to be this much of a wife guy because this movie wouldn't even be watchable without Theresa Russell but she's so damn good that it tips the scale in a positive direction.
