White Sands
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White Sands

The most dangerous way to solve a murder... become the victim.

5.9 / 10 1992 1h 41mR English
CrimeThrillerActionAdventure

Storyline

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

Cast & Crew

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal

Lead
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Lane Bodine

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Gorman Lennox

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Greg Meeker

M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Bert Gibson

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn

FBI Agent Flynn

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney

Noreen

Beth Grant

Beth Grant

Roz Kincaid

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roger Donaldson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. White Sands is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker