"Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller."
Dennis Quaid
as Dexter Cornell
Meg Ryan
as Sydney Fuller
Charlotte Rampling
as Mrs. Fitzwaring
Daniel Stern
as Hal Petersham
Jane Kaczmarek
as Gail Cornell
Christopher Neame
as Bernard
Robin Johnson
as Cookie Fitzwaring
Robert Knepper
as Nicholas Lang
Jay Patterson
as Graham Corey
Brion James
as Detective Ulmer
Jack Kehoe
as Detective Brockton
Elizabeth Arlen
as Elaine Wells
Karen Radcliffe
as Jane Corey
William Forward
as Chief Resident
Lee Gideon
as Mr. Fitzwaring
John Hawkes
as Sloane
Michael Stephen Costello
as College President
Brent Anderson
as Metcalf
Marco Perella
as Cab Driver
Gabriel Folse
as Frat Jock
Joy Swan
as Survey Girl
Laura Ziskin
Producer
Charles Edward Pogue
Screenplay
Ian Sander
Chaz Jankel
Original Music Composer
Annabel Jankel
Director
Rocky Morton
Raja Gosnell
Editor
Michael R. Miller
Michael O'Sullivan
Set Decoration
Ronnie Specter
Makeup Artist
Louis D'Esposito
First Assistant Director
John Haeny
Sound Effects Editor
Anna Behlmer
Sound Recordist
Marita Grabiak
Script Supervisor
Thomas Brandau
Sound Mixer
Jerry Ross
Supervising Sound Editor
George Herthel
Production Manager
Doug Lefler
Storyboard Artist
Richard Patrick
Second Assistant Director
Rebecca Greeley
Production Coordinator
Richard Amend
Production Design
Nancy Cone
Costume Designer
Lorie O'Shatz
Dialogue Editor
John Morris
Michael Linn
Music Editor
Bridget Bergman
Hairstylist
Martin Maryska
Ed Callahan
Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Fife
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Berenbaum
First Assistant Editor
Yvonne Cervantes
Wardrobe Supervisor
Don Hahn
Score Engineer
Chris Carpenter
Wayne Heitman
Cathleen Summers
Co-Producer
Andrew J. Kuehn
Story
Clarence Greene
Russell Rouse
Nancy Foy
Casting
Jeanne Van Cott
Yuri Neyman
Director of Photography