Switchback (1997)
Release: October 31, 1997 | Runtime: 1h 58m | Rating: 6.0
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
The hunter becomes the hunted.
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Main cast
- Dennis Quaid as FBI Special Agent Frank LaCrosse
- Danny Glover as Bob Goodall
- R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
- Jared Leto as Lane Dixon
- Ted Levine as Deputy Nate Booker
- William Fichtner as Chief Jack McGinnis
- Walton Goggins as Bud (Deputy)
- Kevin Cooney as FBI SAC Grant Montgomery
- Leo Burmester as Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan
- Merle Kennedy as Betty (Store Clerk)
- Julio Oscar Mechoso as Atty. Jorge Martinez
- Orville Stoeber as Hector Saldez
- Claudia Stedelin as Babysitter (Missy)
- Ian Nelson as Andy LaCrosse
- Brent Hinkley as Man on Porch ('Tom Billingham')
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What is Switchback about?
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
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