White Sands Movie Review 1992

When a dead man's body is found at a remote Indian reservation clutching a gun and a briefcase filled with $500,000, the local sheriff (Dafoe) takes his identity to see where the money leads. Using a phone number found on a piece of paper in the dead man's stomach, the sheriff follows clues until he finds himself mixed up with a rich woman (Mastrantonio) who sells black market weapons and uses the money to support "worthy" causes, and an FBI man (Jackson) who uses him as bait to lure a CIA turncoat/arms dealer (Rourke). Sound confusing? It is, and despite the strong cast and vivid scenery of the southwest United States, this film just doesn't cut it.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Organized Crime, Deserts, Role Reversal, CIA/NSA, FBI

Screenplay

Daniel Pyne

Cast

Jack Kehler, Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Mimi Rogers, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, James Rebhorn, Maura Tierney, Beth Grant, Miguel (Michael) Sandoval, John Lafayette

Cinematography

Peter Menzies

Director

Roger Donaldson

Music

Patrick O'Hearn

Other

Fred Dalton Thompson, John P. Ryan

Producer

Morgan Creek Productions, William Sackheim, Scott Rudin