Switchback (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Switchback (disambiguation).

Switchback

Directed by	Jeb Stuart
Produced by	Mel Efros Keith Samples Jeb Stuart Gale Anne Hurd
Written by	Jeb Stuart
Starring	Dennis Quaid Danny Glover Jared Leto Ted Levine R. Lee Ermey
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Rysher Entertainment
Running time	118 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, and R. Lee Ermey, set in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and Amarillo Texas USA.

[edit] Plot

FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Quaid) was in charge of tracking down an elusive serial killer, but when the killer kidnapped LaCrosse's young son, he was taken off the case by superiors who felt that this latest development would destroy his objectivity. If anything, Frank is now more determined than ever to catch the killer, and he teams up with a small-town police department to continue his investigation. Meanwhile, a hitchhiker named Lane Dixon (Leto) is picked up by Bob Goodall (Glover), an affable drifter. The movie switches back and forth between Frank's investigation and the story of the the two travelers. It quickly becomes apparent that either Bob or Lane is the killer, and that the other is therefore in mortal danger -- but the movie repeatedly causes the viewer to second-guess which one is the killer.