An ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this action thriller. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her children. Nothing on the surface would seem to be remarkable about Samantha's life, but every once in a while she has vague memories and unexplained impulses that don't add up with her current life experience; she has scars but no idea of how they got there, she suddenly displays a deadly talent for knife-throwing while chopping vegetables for dinner, and when she sees a deer, she suddenly attacks it with her bare hands. When an auto accident and a television news broadcast stirs some more uncomfortable memories, Samantha hires private investigator Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to look into her past and see what he can find. Mitch learns that Samantha isn't really Samantha after all -- her name is Charley and she used to be a professional assassin with a secret government intelligence program. After a severe head injury, Charley developed a case of amnesia, and in time she developed her new personality as Samantha. However, her old boss has kept tabs on her, and now that it looks as if the old Charley is starting to come out again, he sends a pair of hit men after her to see to it that she doesn't remember anything else; soon Samantha and Mitch are on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as they get to the bottom of Charley's secret life. The Long Kiss Goodnight was directed by Renny Harlin, husband of leading lady Geena Davis; this was their second project together, following Cutthroat Island, released the previous year. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Geena Davis | Samantha Caine (Charly) |
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Samuel L. Jackson | Mitch Henessey |
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Yvonne Zima | Caitlin |
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Craig Bierko | Timothy |
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Tom Amandes | Hal |
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Brian Cox | Nathan |
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Patrick Malahide | Perkins |
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David Morse | Luke |
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Joseph McKenna | One-Eyed Jack |
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Melina Kanakaredes | Trin |
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Dan Warry-Smith | Raymond |
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Kristen Bone | Girl #1 |
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Jennifer Pisana | Girl #2 |
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Rex Linn | Man in Bed |
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Alan North | Earl |
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Edwin Hodge | Todd Henessey |
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Bill MacDonald | Hostage Agent |
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Gladys O'Connor | Alice |
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Frank Moore | Surveillance Man |
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G.D. Spradlin | President |
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Graham McPherson | CIA Director |
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Sharon Washington | Fran Henessey |
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Judah Katz | Harry (Perkin's Aide) |
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Robert Thomas | Alley Agent |
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John Stead | Deer Lick Sentry |
| Director | Renny Harlin |
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| Writer | Shane Black | |
| Producer | Stephanie Austin, Shane Black, Geena Davis, Michael De Luca, Carla Fry, Renny Harlin, Richard Saperstein, Steve Tisch | |
| Musician | Alan Silvestri | |
| Photography | Guillermo Navarro | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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