Movie
To Kill a Stranger
1986 · 88 min
A tense, sweaty thriller that keeps you uneasy as a woman's desperate cover-up unravels under a corrupt regime.
- Directed by
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Starring
- Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence
- Overview
- Cristina Carver (Angelica Maria) finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time with her TV-reporter husband (Dean Stockwell) who is visiting a Latin American country run by a military dictator. After a car accident one day, Cristina brings the helpful Col. Kostik (Donald Pleasence) home and then kills him in self-defense when he violently attempts to rape and murder her. Terrified, she covers up her act and hides the body, yet in spite of her husband's efforts to protect her, a local police detective starts to figure out what really happened.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Corruption, survival, guilt, power
- Content
- Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Juan López Moctezuma
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Starring
- Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence
