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Break Up

1998
1h 40m
Thriller
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Cast

Kiefer Sutherland (John Box)Bridget Fonda (Jimmy Dade)Hart Bochner (Frankie Dade)Steven Weber (Officer Andrew Ramsey)Penelope Ann Miller (Grace)Tippi Hedren (Mom)Leslie Stefanson (Shelly)Mike Hagerty (George)Tom Harrison (Nan)Charles Noland (Neighbor)Muse Watson (Baker Cop #1)Matt O'Toole (Liquor Store Owner)Abraham Verduzco (Boy)Anna Getty (Waitress)Zack Tiegen (L.A.P.D. Cop)Gina Aponte (L.A.P.D. Female Cop)Tommy Townsend (County Sheriff)Robin Thomas (Doctor)

Director

Paul Marcus

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Synopsis

Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's car is pulled from a pond, the cops want to talk to her, but she bolts for her sister's, loses her savings pass-book, and then learns someone has emptied her bank account. She's goes on the run, with the same cops on her trail, and eventually realizes Frank may not be dead. Getting back her money, facing Frank, satisfying the police, and finding her freedom may be more than she can handle.

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