White Sands

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A suicide found in the desert with 500,000 dollars cash stuffed in a briefcase makes Sheriff Ray Dolezal (Willem Dafoe) curious. What was the dead man up to? Sensing that if he follows the money, he'll find crime at the end of the trail, Dolezal assumes his identity. He soon discovers the dead man was a paid informant for an FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson) trailing an arms dealer (Mickey Rourke) who works with an intermediary (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Dolezal begins to suspect that he's being set up to take a big fall when the money is stolen from him and the dead man's girlfriend (Maura Tierney, in an early role) gets killed after she tells him that her beau had a partner in a scheme to steal the money from the FBI. Will his enemies discover his real identity? Will the FBI agent turn on him? Will he get back the money?

Cast

Willem Dafoe
as Ray Dolezal
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
as Lane Bodine
Mickey Rourke
as Gorman Lennox
Samuel L. Jackson
as Greg Meeker
M. Emmet Walsh
as Bert Gibson
James Rebhorn
as Flynn
Maura Tierney
as Noreen
Beth Grant
as Roz
Alexander Nicksay
as Ben
Fredrick Lopez
as Delmar Blackwater
John P. Ryan
Miguel Sandoval
as Ruiz
Fred Dalton Thompson
Mimi Rogers
as Molly Dolezal
John Lafayette
as Demott
Ken Thorley
as Kleinman
Jack Kehler
as Casanov
Royce D. Applegate
as Peterson
Megan Butler
as Goodman
Lisa Cloud
as Redhead
Steve Cormier
as Artie O'Brien
Steven Tyler
as Blonde FBI Agent
J.D. Garfield
as 2nd FBI Agent
William P. Bennet
as Rodeo Clown
Tom Conner
as La Fonda Desk Clerk
Joy Bouton
as Sue
Meredith Marshall
as Rodeo Singer
Doc Phillips
as Rodeo Announcer
Ben Zeller
as Drifter
Karen Breeding
as Cowgirl
Steve Tyler
as Blonde FBI Agent
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  • Sep 04, 2019
    This was an interesting take on the mid budgeted thriller story, and it does work at times. Rourke is essentially a name here and only shows up at varying moments to service the storyline. Dafoe is excellent as normal, but he can only service a story so far and his overall arc isn't earth shattering. High concept 90s films were a dime a dozen and this had a lot of talent behind it. It isn't the worst, but the absurdity of the storyline grows too much by the end. 04/09/2019
    Brendan N Super Reviewer
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