Movie
Desperation
2006R2h 11m5.5 / 10
In this town, there are no accidents.
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
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Synopsis
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
More about Desperation
Cast
Tom SkerrittJohn Edward Marinville
Steven WeberSteve Ames
Annabeth GishMary Jackson
Charles DurningTom Billingsley
Matt FrewerRalph Carver
Henry ThomasPeter Jackson
Shane HabouchaDavid Carver
Kelly OvertonCynthia SmithCredits
- Directed by
- Mick Garris
- Written by
- Stephen King, Stephen King
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $12M
Production
Touchstone TelevisionUnited States- Sennet Entertainment
Themes
adaptationbased on novel or bookhighwaynevadapsychopathserial killersheriff
