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Backfire (1988) [R]

Release Date:
June 21, 1988

Original Title:
Backfire

Alternate Titles:
后遗症

Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
ITC Entertainment

Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 93

Before the night is over... someone will be rich, someone will be dead, someone will be avenged.

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Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.

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Production

Assistant Editor:
Charles V. Coleman
Michael Smith

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Jayne Dancose

Assistant Set Decoration:
Mark Prior

Assistant Sound Editor:
Horace Manzanares

Boom Operator:
Graham Crowell

Camera Operator:
Cyrus Block

Camera Trainee:
John Sprungman

Casting:
Mike Fenton
Jane Feinberg

Construction Coordinator:
Garry R. Brolley

Costume Design:
Andrew Brown
Anna Hill Johnstone

Director:
Gilbert Cates

Director of Photography:
Tak Fujimoto

Editor:
Melvin Shapiro

Extras Casting:
Eleanor Spencer

First Assistant Director:
Donald Hauer

Foley Artist:
Ken Dufva

Gaffer:
John S. Bartley

Genetator Operator:
Rick Buckmaster

Hairstylist:
Lola Kemp

In Memory Of:
Dean Paul Martin

Key Grip:
Dillard Brinson

Makeup Artist:
John Inzerella

Music Editor:
Erma E. Levin

Original Music Composer:
David Shire

Post Production Supervisor:
Tim Myers

Producer:
Danton Rissner

Production Accountant:
Diana J. Austin

Production Controller:
Tink Ten Eyck

Production Coordinator:
Karen Ann Stewart

Production Design:
Daniel A. Lomino

Production Manager:
Bob Gray

Property Master:
Bill Thumm

Script Supervisor:
Cynnie Troup

Second Assistant Director:
Wendy A. Ross

Set Decoration:
Sandy Arthur

Sound Editor:
Jack Kirschner
Richard Adams

Sound Mixer:
Larry Sutton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
William L. McCaughey
Bill W. Benton
Gregory H. Watkins

Special Effects Coordinator:
Roy Aborgast

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Michael Westmore

Still Photographer:
Jack Rowand

Stunt Coordinator:
Jacob Rupp

Stunt Double:
David Jacox
Betty Thomas Quee

Stunts:
J.J. Makaro

Supervising Sound Editor:
James J. Klinger

Third Assistant Director:
Richard Coleman

Unit Publicist:
Robert Weinberger

Writer:
Larry Brand
Rebecca Reynolds

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