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Cross Country (1983)

Name: Cross Country
Director: Paul Lynch
Genre: Crime, Road trip, Suspense
Released: 1983
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Richard Beymer, Michael Ironside, Brent Carver, David Connor, George Sperdakos

1983 · Paul Lynch · 104 min · Canada · Edited by 1

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After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back.

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Cross Country (1983)

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