| Release Date: | Mar 1978 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Cast: | Kirk Douglas (Peter Sandza), John Cassavetes (Ben Childress), Carrie Snodgress (Hester), Charles Durning (Dr. Jim McKeever) Amy Irving (Gillian Bellaver) Fiona Lewis (Dr. Susan Charles) Andrew Stevens (Robin Sandza) Carol Eve Rossen (Dr. Ellen Lindstrom) Rutanya Alda (Kristen) Joyce Easton (Katharine Bellaver) William Finley (Raymond Dunwoodie) Jane Lambert (Vivian Nuckells) Sam Laws (Blackfish) J. Patrick McNamara (Robertson) Alice Nunn (Mrs. Callahan) Melody Thomas Scott (LaRue) Hilary Thompson (Cheryl) Pat Billingsley (Lander) J.P. Bumstead (Greene) Barry Cullison (Chase #1 Driver) Jack Callahan (DeMasi) Dennis Franz (Bob Eggleston) Anthony Hawkins (Chase #1 Shotgun) Michael O'Dwyer (Marty O'Brien) Felix Shuman (Dr. Ives) Albert Stevens (Arab Prince) Anne Peterson (Deborah (as Anne Brunk)) Eva Cadet (Woman - Van Buren) John Roche (Drunk - Van Buren) Gordon Jump (Mr. Nuckells) Eleanor Merriam (Mother Nuckells) Harold Johnson (Garbage Man) Wayne Dahmer (Nelson) Joe Finnegan (Man) Kathleen Francour (Betsy) Daryl Hannah (Pam) Laura Innes (Jody) Clair Nelson (Dr. Becker) Peter O'Connell (Dr. Conn) Al Wyatt Sr. (Security Agent Driver (as Al Wyatt)) Douglas J. Stevenson (Houseboy) Mickey Gilbert (Agent) Hanns Manship (Agent) Mariana Proctor (Agent) Marshall Colt (Technician) Roberta Feldner (Technician) Stephen Johnson (Technician) Robin Marmor (Technician) Michael Copeland (Tough Youth) Alfred Tinsley (Tough Youth) Tom Blair (Top Guy #1) Gunnar Lewis (Top Guy #2) James Belushi (Beach Bum (uncredited) (unconfirmed)) Jordan Williams (Beach Bum (uncredited)) |
Peter Sandza is a secret government agent whose son has extraordinary psychic gifts, which make the young man the target of a kidnapping plot hatched by Peter's duplicitous colleague, Ben Childress. Peter spends eleven months in a desperate search for his son, while cleverly evading Childress, who wants him dead. In that time, Childress and team have done their best to harness the psychic teenager's powers; but giving him luxuries, and even an elegant doctor as a mistress, have only turned him into a mercurial egomaniac with a violent temper. Meanwhile, another teenager with psychic gifts takes part in a two-week study at a psi research center, where she comes to the attention Peter's lover, who also acts as his mole. Childress learns of this young woman, too, and is eager to take control of a second extraordinary talent.
