"A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one."
James Spader
as Mr. Grey
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Lee Holloway
Jeremy Davies
as Peter
Lesley Ann Warren
as Joan Holloway
Stephen McHattie
as Burt Holloway
Patrick Bauchau
as Dr. Twardon
Jessica Tuck
as Tricia O'Connor
Osgood Perkins
as Jonathan
Amy Locane
as Lee's Sister
Mary Joy
as Sylvia
Michael Mantell
as Stewart
Lily Knight
as Paralegal
Sabrina Grdevich
as Allison
Lacey Kohl
as Louisa
Julene Renee
as Jessica
Lauren Cohn
as First Secretary
Ezra Buzzington
as Typing Teacher
Kyle Colerider-Krugh
as Mr. Garvey
Steven Fierberg
as First Date
Herbert Russell
as Second Date
David Wiater
as Tomato Date
Shannon Convery
as New Secretary
Alison Tatlock
as TV Reporter
Christina Gray
as Photographer (uncredited)
Cali T. Rossen
as Dancing Party Guest (uncredited)
Diane McGee
as Woman in the Purple Boots (uncredited)
Steven Shainberg
as Richard Arevalos (Sex Therapist on Tape) (voice) (uncredited)
Erin Cressida Wilson
as Sitting In Mr. Grey's Waiting Room (uncredited)
Screenplay
Pam Wise
Editor
Director
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Producer
Amy Hobby
Director of Photography
Andrew Fierberg
José Ignacio Álvarez
Stunt Coordinator
Joel Posner
Executive Producer
Michael Roban
Robin Jacobson
Property Master
Kyle A. Clark
Production Manager
Sharon Cingle
Script Supervisor
Allison Siegel
Costume Supervisor
P.J. Posner
Rebekah Schultz
Assistant Property Master
Raqueli Dahan
Makeup Department Head
Jamie Beardsley
Amy Danger
Production Design
Nick Ralbovsky
Art Direction
John Foster
Second Unit Director of Photography
Kiran Gonsalves
First Assistant Director
Vince P. Maggio
Jim Simone
Second Assistant Director
Carl Lawrence Ludwig
Marguerite Happy
Stunt Double
Ellen Parks
Casting
Marjorie Bowers
Costume Design
Jay Rabinowitz
Additional Editing
Story Developer
Benjamin Wolf
First Assistant Camera
Mary Gaitskill
Short Story