Underplayed Gems

Prime Suspect (1989)

Prime Suspect poster
Directed by
Bruce Kimmel
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A thriller about a woman who becomes the target of a stalker. She tries to identify the person following her before it is too late.

suspensefullow-budgetmoodyrestrainedstraightforwardunderstatednervous

What happens

Prime Suspect is a 1989 American thriller directed by Bruce Kimmel (using the pseudonym Mark Rutland, as he was brought in after the original director (Thomas Constantinides) proved unequal to the task) and produced by Alain Silver and Patrick Regan. Bruce Kimmel also composed the underscore. The film stars Don Blakely, Tom Bresnahan and Ann Dane. Only 15 to 20 minutes of this 90 minute film remain of Constantinides' work. Kimmel was brought in on one day's notice and finished the film as a favor to his friends Alain Silver and Patrick Regan, with whom he had worked many times. The script was by Constantinides. The resulting film wasn't exactly poorly received, as it went straight to home video, and no reviews of it seem to exist. The story of all this is told in Kimmel's memoir, There's Mel, There's Woody, and There's You. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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