
Backfire
Backfire
A Thriller and Drama film released in 1988, Backfire runs 1h 33m and comes from Canada. Soap2Day lists it with Gilbert Cates directing and Karen Allen and Keith Carradine in the cast. It holds 4.8/10 from 16 votes. Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Director: Gilbert Cates
- Cast: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey, Dean Paul Martin, Virginia Capers, Philip Sterling, Dinah Manoff, Frances Flanagan, Antony Holland, Dwight Koss, Gordon McIntosh

















