Don't Say a Word (2001)

Directed by

Gary Fleder

Genre

drama film, heist film, mystery film, psychological thriller film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,084 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist's daughter is kidnapped to force him to extract a secret number from a traumatized young woman. A dangerous criminal demands the number to find something valuable.

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What happens

Don't Say a Word is a 2001 American psychological thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen, Skye McCole Bartusiak and Oliver Platt based on the novel Don't Say a Word by Andrew Klavan. It was directed by Gary Fleder and written by Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelly. The daughter of psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is kidnapped to force him to break through to Elisabeth Burrows, a PTSD-afflicted young woman, as the abductor demands she reveal a secret number to recover something very valuable. It was released by 20th Century Fox on September 28, 2001, receiving negative reviews from critics and grossing $100 million against its $50 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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