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Casualties

Casualties

Who can you turn to when there's noone left to trust?

Genres

DramaThriller

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A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the solution in her cooking class, she finds out that one of the men in her class is even more of a sadistic psycho than her husband, and she hatches a plan to get him to kill her husband.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

15 April 1997

Country

United States of America

Cast

Caroline Goodall

Caroline Goodall

Annie Summers

Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon

Tommy Nance

Michael Beach

Michael Beach

Clark Cooper

Jon Gries

Jon Gries

Bill Summers

John Diehl

John Diehl

Polito

Lisa Darr

Lisa Darr

Beth

Jennifer Joan Taylor

Jennifer Joan Taylor

Teacher

Alex Paen

Alex Paen

Newscaster

Blake Lindsley

Blake Lindsley

Waitress

Kelly Bennett

Kelly Bennett

Julie

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