Crime ·Drama · Germany · 1989 · 1h 45m

Tennessee Nights

Tennessee Nights poster
Director
Nicolas Gessner
Cast
Julian Sands as Wolfgang Leighton Stacey Dash as Minnie Ed Lauter as Sheriff Williams Ned Beatty as Charlie Kiefer Denise Crosby as Sally Lomas Brian McNamara as Hewitt
Crew
Pio Corradi — Director of Photography Marie-Thérèse Boiché — Editor Laird Koenig — Screenplay Nicolas Gessner — Screenplay Hans Werner Kettenbach — Novel Hilary Wright — Costume Design
Tagline

She was his only hope. He was her only alibi.

Synopsis

When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing in Tennessee's backwoods, he ends up embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. Pursued by the killers, he's running from the police and a young hitchhiker appears to be his only friend.

Mood & Themes
fishingrecording studioman huntbank robberyroom servicejohann sebastian bach
Key Collaborators
Nicolas Gessner Director Pio Corradi Director of Photography Marie-Thérèse Boiché Editor Laird Koenig Screenplay Nicolas Gessner Screenplay Hans Werner Kettenbach Novel Hilary Wright Costume Design
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