Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie is a 1991 American neo noir thriller film directed by Charles Finch and starring Dylan McDermott. The primary location for the film was C.E. Toberman Estate in Hollywood, a large Mediterranean-style, 22-room house built at the top of Camino Palmero in 1928 by C. E. Toberman.[1]
| Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | |
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| Directed by | Charles Finch |
| Screenplay by | Yolande Turner Charles Finch |
| Produced by | Mario Sotela |
| Starring | Dylan McDermott |
| Cinematography | Miles Cook |
| Edited by | Gene M. Gamache |
| Music by | Mark Mancina Hans Zimmer |
Production company | Sotela Pictures |
| Distributed by | August Entertainment |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion. A psychological thriller with an aspiring writer who was recently evicted moves into a run down California mansion; an enigmatic tenant collaborates on his novel as the "real" killer of the family that the writer is writing about.[2] The writer does not like writing about "blood and guts" to have a best-seller; yet, desperation finds him moving into a house where the inhabitants were murdered by a serial killer, still-at-large, the "real killer" moves into the house as a tenant, helps write the book, then reveals that he killed the family.[3]
Cast
- Dylan McDermott as Bruce Simmons
- Charles Finch as Evan Best
- Sharon Stone as Serena Black
- Ron Karabatsos as Stan Reeb
- Tom Sizemore as Eddie Hale
- Mary Woronov as Woman Tourist
- David Q Combs as man Tourist
- Vanna Bonta as Serena's Secretary
- Elizabeth Whitcraft as Serena's Secretary (as Liza Whitcraft)
- Phoebe Stone as Little Girl
- Shawne Rowe as Telegram Clown
- Richard Zavaglia as Detective Clifton
- Jillian McWhirter as Dol Whitney
- Brett Cullen as JOhn Whitney
See also
References
- ^ Wallace, David. (December 30, 1990) Los Angeles Times They Won't Let 'Sleeping Dogs' Lie. Section: CA-Calendar; Page 31.
- ^ Hart, John. The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California · Friday, February 26, 1993. Page 117
- ^ Zion, Lawrie. The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia · Thursday, November 02, 1995. Page 56
External links
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie at IMDb
- Where Sleeping Dogs Lie at Rotten Tomatoes