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Tennessee Waltz (1989)

Tennessee Waltz poster
Original title
Tennessee Nights
Directed by
Nicolas Gessner
Genre
thriller film
Country
Germany, Switzerland, United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a murder case involving a woman he meets. He must navigate a web of deceit and danger as the situation spirals out of control.

tensesuspensefulgrittydarknoir-ishtwistyominous

What happens

Tennessee Waltz, also known as Tennessee Nights, is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, and Ed Lauter. It was adapted for the screen by Laird Koenig from the 1984 novel Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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