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At Close Range (1985)

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Film details

Featuring

Sean Penn Christopher Walken Mary Stuart Masterson
Country

USA
Year

1985
Genre

Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Story of the relationship between a father and son. The father has stayed away for years, and on his return has a reputation as a criminal. He is the head of a team of safecrackers. His son forms his own gang, who know too much about the father's activities and are all killed. The son sets out to avenge himself.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Bradford Whitewood Jnr
    
    Sean Penn
  - Bradford Whitewood Snr
    
    Christopher Walken
  - Terry
    
    Mary Stuart Masterson
  - Tommy Whitewood
    
    Chris Penn
  - Julie
    
    Millie Perkins
  - Grandma
    
    Eileen Ryan
  - Patch
    
    Tracey Walter
  - Dickie
    
    R.D. Call
  - Tony Pine
    
    David Strathairn
  - Boyd
    
    J.C. Quinn
  - Mary Sue
    
    Candy Clark
  - Lester
    
    Jake Dengel
  - Tim
    
    Kiefer Sutherland
  - Aggie
    
    Stephen Geoffreys
  - Lucas
    
    Crispin Glover
  - Jill
    
    Noëlle Parker
  - Ernie
    
    Alan Autry
  - salesman
    
    Paul Herman
  - DA
    
    Gary Gober
  - bartender
    
    Marshall Fallwell Jr.
  - Marshall
    
    Doug Anderson
  - waitress
    
    Nancy Sherburne
  - customer
    
    Terry Baker
  - 1st car salesman
    
    Michael Edwards
  - 2nd car salesman
    
    Myke R. Mueller
  - farmer with shotgun
    
    Bob Mcdivitt
  - buxom woman
    
    Bonita Hall
  - bar-room dancer
    
    Terri Coulter
  - bar-room dancer
    
    Anna Levine
  - stripper
    
    Janie Draper
  - older guy
    
    Jensen, Charles "Tattoo"
  - Detective Mosker
    
    E.R. Davies
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    James Foley
  - Production Company
    
    Cinema '85
  - Production Company
    
    Greenberg Brothers Partnership
  - Production Company
    
    Hemdale Holdings
  - Executive Producer
    
    John Daly
  - Executive Producer
    
    Derek Gibson
  - Producer
    
    Elliott Lewitt
  - Producer
    
    Don Guest
  - Production executive
    
    Graham Henderson
  - Unit Production Manager
    
    Don Guest
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Haber, Katy
  - Location Manager
    
    Joan Neal
  - Post-production co-ordinator
    
    Jo Barnett
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kurt Klaus
  - Production Assistant
    
    Tony Kunewalder
  - Production Assistant
    
    Paul Mckenna Jr.
  - Production Assistant
    
    Pliny Porter
  - Production Assistant
    
    Katherine Sanford
  - Production Assistant
    
    Lech Slocinski
  - Production assistant (Los Angeles)
    
    J.C. Bennett
  - Production assistant (Los Angeles)
    
    Eva Giera
  - Assistant Director
    
    Ric Kidney
  - Assistant Director
    
    Frank Capra Iii
  - Assistant Director
    
    Margaret Krueger
  - Screenplay
    
    Nicholas Kazan
  - Original story
    
    Elliott Lewitt
  - Original story
    
    Nicholas Kazan
  - Director of Photography
    
    Juan Antonio Ruíz Anchía
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Bernard Auroux
  - Assistant Photographer
    
    Vance Piper
  - Special effects co-ordinator
    
    Burt Dalton
  - Special Effects
    
    Adams Calvert
  - Graphic consultant
    
    Michael Hodgson
  - Editor
    
    Howard Smith
  - Production Designer
    
    Peter Jamison
  - Art Director
    
    Chuck Roseberry
  - Set Designer
    
    Mark Ragland
  - Set Decorator
    
    R. Chris Westlund
  - Costume design consultant
    
    Cynthia Turnbull
  - Costumes
    
    Hilary Rosenfeld
  - Wardrobe supervisor
    
    Eileen Mae Sieff
  - Make-up
    
    Richard Arrington
  - Titles and opticals
    
    Pacific Title
  - Music
    
    Patrick Leonard
  - Music Supervisor
    
    Budd Carr
  - Music Editor
    
    Ken Johnson
  - Music Recording
    
    Bobby Weaver
  - Music Recording
    
    Michael Mason
  - Music Recording
    
    Bertus Productions
  - Sound Recording
    
    David Brownlow
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Terry Porter
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Mel Metcalfe
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    David J. Hudson
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Glen Glenn Sound
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Ron Clark
  - Sound editing
    
    Sound FX
  - ADR editor
    
    Gail Clark
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Chuck Waters
  - Stunts
    
    Chuck Waters
  - Stunts
    
    Fred T. Mclaughlin
  - Stunts
    
    Paul Mckenna Jr.
  - Stand-in for Mr Penn
    
    Shane Kerwin
  - Wrangler
    
    Jack Lawrence
  - Dog handler
    
    Gary Forkum

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