"A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap."
Kurt Russell
as Malcolm Anderson
Mariel Hemingway
as Christine Connelly
Richard Jordan
as Alan Delour
Richard Masur
as Bill Nolan
Richard Bradford
as Phil Wilson
Joe Pantoliano
as Andy Porter
Andy García
as Ray Martinez
Rose Portillo
as Kathy Vasquez
William Smith
as Albert O'Shaughnessy
Lee Sandman
as Harold Jacoby
Dan Fitzgerald
as Carl Mason
Cynthia Caquelin
as Ruth Lowenstein
Fred Ornstein
as Warren Phillips
Fritz Bronner
as Peter Peterson
Mike DeRienzo
as Everett Durfee
Michael Clay
as Ray Sloane
Fred Buch
as John Burrows
Bruce McLaughlin
as Leonard Pridmore
Marshall B. Gage
as SWAT Commander
Jill Beach
as Channel 7 Anchorwoman
Peter Lundquist
as Channel 7 Reporter
Connie Hicks
as Channel 10 Reporter
Bill Rutherford
as Channel 6 Reporter
Robert Small
as Bill Crawford
Nancy Duerr
as TV Newswoman
Mary Lou Simo
as Reporter
Tamara Jones
as Sarah Hooks
Joan Murphy
as Mrs. Hooks
Richard Liberty
as Mr. Hooks
Paul Nagel Jr.
as Jogger
Morris Zuckerman
as Mr. Stein
Lillian Zuckerman
as Mrs. Stein
Anne Browning
as Victim in Matheson Hammock Park
Robert Gwaltney
as Psychiatrist
Christine Page
as Elementary School Teacher
Raymond Forchion
as Newsroom Reporter (uncredited)
Bobby Harwell
as Man in Office (uncredited)
David Joseph Martinez
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Phillip Borsos
Director
Carol Green
Unit Publicist
Daniel Allan Carlin
Supervising Music Editor
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Gary Summers
Sound Supervisor
Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Helfritz
Property Master
Craig Reardon
Makeup Designer
William D. Barber
First Assistant Camera
Robert Heine
Second Assistant Camera
Bill Nelson
Production Sound Mixer
Gloria S. Borders
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Don K. Ivey
Set Decoration
Jay Ignaszewski
First Assistant Editor
Laurel Ladevich
ADR Editor
Diane Johnson
Hair Designer
Edward Knott III
Dolly Grip
Mike McGowan
Camera Operator
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Victor Livingston
Michelle Marx
Second Assistant Director
Steve Perry
Unit Production Manager
Michael McDuffee
Transportation Coordinator
Jose Duarte
Scenic Artist
Ed Knott Jr.
Key Grip
Rob Fruchtman
John Katzenbach
Novel
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
Frank Tidy
Director of Photography
Leon Piedmont
Screenplay
Associate Producer
David Foster
Producer
Julie Weiss
Costume Design
Duwayne Dunham
Editor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Philip M. Jefferies
Production Design
Lawrence Turman
Ed Arenas
Casting Associate
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
Joseph Geisinger
Boom Operator
Ron Scelza
Sound
Tom Seidman
First Assistant Director