The Tie That Binds (1995)
- Starring:
- Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wesley Strick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Produced by the same team that bankrolled the hit The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, this violent domestic thriller is often compared to that mega-hit. Screenwriter Wesley Strick made his directorial debut with this script by Michael Auerbach. Vincent Spano and Moira Kelly are Russell and Dana Clifton, a successful but childless yuppie couple who adopt a mesmerizing young girl named Janie (Julia Devin). Janie has suicidal tendencies, however -- she walks out into crowded streets, keeps a butcher knife under her bed, and sometimes cuts herself. She also has psychotic white-trash parents, John and Leann Netherwood (Keith Carradine and Daryl Hannah). The Netherwoods are crooks forced to give up their daughter, but once released from jail, they are intent on getting her back. They kill an adoption agency worker and a police officer as part of their vendetta, terrorizing the suburban town as they target the Cliftons in their all-out war for the return of Janie. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast:
- Daryl Hannah - Leann Netherwood
- Moira Kelly - Dana Clifton
- Cynda Williams - Lisa-Maria Chandler
- Kevin Bourland - Man in Range Rover
- Kerrie Cullen - Female Police Officer
- Willie Garson - Ray Tanton
- Gene Lythgow - Detective Lorenz
- Coleen Maloney - Security Guard
- Ray Reinhardt - Sam Bennett
- Jack Johnson - Boy in Restaurant
- Bob Minor - Male Police Officer
- Bruce A. Young - Gil Chandler
- Ned Vaughn - Officer Carrey
- Keith Carradine - John Netherwood
- Vincent Spano - Russell Clifton
- Carmen Argenziano - Phil Hawkes
- Greg Collins - Bartender
- Jenny Gago - Maggie
- Laurie Latham - Alex
- Melanie MacQueen - Waitress
- Benjamin Mouton - Father in Restaurant
- George Marshall Ruge - Detective
- Tommy Rosales, Jr. - Detective
- Chris Ellis - Security Guard
- Barbara Tarbuck - Jean Bennett
- Director(s):
- Wesley Strick
- Producer(s):
- David Madden, John Morrissey, Patrick Markey
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Graphic Violence, Questionable for Children)
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