Blackout (1985)
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A woman fears that her amnesia-stricken husband may be a serial killer in this made-for-cable thriller. After family man Ed Vinson gruesomely murders his wife and kids and skips town, police investigator Joe Steiner (Richard Widmark) becomes obsessed with capturing the monster -- even after he's… More A woman fears that her amnesia-stricken husband may be a serial killer in this made-for-cable thriller. After family man Ed Vinson gruesomely murders his wife and kids and skips town, police investigator Joe Steiner (Richard Widmark) becomes obsessed with capturing the monster -- even after he's forced to retire from the force. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a traffic accident kills one man and leaves another (Keith Carradine) a hideously disfigured amnesiac. Police can't figure out who the survivor is, so he takes the name Allen Devlin and, after reconstructive surgery, falls in love with and marries his recently divorced nurse, Chris Graham (Kathleen Quinlan). Several years later, Steiner shows up in town, convinced Devlin is really Ed Vinson; his dogged pursuit threatens the happiness the Devlins have carved out for themselves and their children -- especially after a series of gruesome rapes begins to occur. The evidence seems to implicate Allen in the attacks, but Chris suspects that her old boyfriend, cop Mike Patterson (Michael Beck), is trying to frame him. The tension escalates as Chris suffers through a series of anonymous phone calls from a man who seems to think he's Ed Vinson; when her son finds a grotesque fetish mask in the garage, even Chris begins to doubt her husband's innocence. Directed by British horror veteran Douglas Hickox and written by Amityville 3D scribe David Ambrose, Blackout premiered on the Home Box Office network in 1985. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Douglas Hickox
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 9, 1985 Wide
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Cast
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Dameon Clarke
as Battered Child
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Richard Widmark
as Joe Steiner
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Keith Carradine
as Allen Devlin, Ed Vinson
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Martina Deignan
as Pauline
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Paul Drake
as John Davey
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Kathleen Quinlan
as Chris Graham
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Lawrence Lott
as Dr. Van Buren
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Michael Beck
as Mike Patterson
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Ken Kimmins
as Dr. Kay
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Murray Ord
as Harlan French
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Sheila Moore
as Dr. Alcott
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Jason Michas
as Mark
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Shana Lane-Block
as Kathy
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Pierre Lamielle
as Paul
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Danny Shea
as Comic
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Chris Christiansen
as Reporter
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Gabrielle Rose
as Victim's Friend
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Howard Storey
as 1st Man in Gym
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Bob Hughes
as 2nd Man in Gym
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Dave Sayer
as Younger Man
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Lillian Carlson
as Mrs. Burns
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Judith Goergetti
as Platic Surgeon
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Meredith Bain-Woodward
as Forensic Technician
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Gerald Hiken
as Theo Grant
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Don Hood
as Phil Murphy
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Danitza Kingsley
as 1st Rape Victim
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Don MacKay
as Dental surgeon
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Walter Marsh
as Dr. Sidney
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Jerry Wasserman
as Motel Clerk
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Stephen E. Miller
as 3rd Man in Gymnasium
