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River's Edge

Which was worse? The murder or what came after?

1986 · R · 1h 40m

Directed by Tim Hunter

6.6

TMDB audience score
341 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.

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Cast

  • Crispin Glover
    Layne

  • Keanu Reeves
    Matt

  • Ione Skye
    Clarissa

  • Roxana Zal
    Maggie

  • Daniel Roebuck
    Samson

  • Dennis Hopper
    Feck

  • Joshua John Miller
    Tim

  • Tom Bower
    Bennett

  • Danyi Deats
    Jamie

  • Constance Forslund
    Madeleine

  • Leo Rossi
    Jim

  • Phillip Brock
    Mike

  • Josh Richman
    Tony

  • Jim Metzler
    Burkewaite

  • Tammy L. Smith
    Kim

  • Yuzo Nishihara
    Moko

  • Taylor Negron
    Checker

  • Christopher Peters
    Tom