
“Lester Long never forgets a friend.”
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
Release Date: 9/25/1998
Runtime: 104 minutes
Languages: English
Director: David Dobkin
Budget: $8.0M
Revenue: $1.8M
Companies: Intermedia Films, Fade In Films, IMF Internationale Medien und Film 2 & Produktions, Scott Free Productions, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

Joaquin Phoenix
Clay Bidwell

Vince Vaughn
Lester Long

Janeane Garofalo
Agent Dale Shelby

Scott Wilson
Sheriff Dan Mooney

Gregory Sporleder
Earl

Georgina Cates
Amanda

Vince Vieluf
Deputy Barney

Joseph D. Reitman
Glen

Nicole Arlyn
Gloria Collins
Wayne Brennan
Minister
Jeff Olson
Mark
Monica Moench
Kimberly Turner

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