Far from Home (1989)
One boy wants her love. One boy wants her dead.
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy and Pinky -- either of whom could be the serial killer currently terrorizing the town.
- Date of release
- 1989-06-30
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (47)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- Meiert Avis
Casting
- Matt Frewer — Charlie Cox
- Drew Barrymore — Joleen Cox
- Richard Masur — Duckett
- Karen Austin — Louise
- Susan Tyrrell — Agnes Reed
- Andras Jones — Jimmy Reed
- Dick Miller — Sheriff Bill Childers
- Anthony Rapp — Pinky Sears
- Connie Sawyer — Viney Hunt
- Jennifer Tilly — Amy
- Stephanie Walski — Sissy Reed
- Murrill Maglio — Man in Trailer
Interesting facts
Far from Home is a 1989 American thriller film. It stars Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, and Susan Tyrrell. It centers on a divorced father and his teenage daughter who run out of fuel in a small desert town and are forced to stay there in a run down trailer park while they attempt to find fuel for their car where at the same time, a series of killings begin to take place as the daughter becomes the obsession of two troublesome boys.
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