"They were the perfect couple, buying the perfect house. Until a perfect stranger moved into their lives."

1990

1h 42m

6.3(433 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Mystery

Overview

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Melanie Griffith

Patty Palmer

Matthew Modine

Drake Goodman

Michael Keaton

Carter Hayes

Mako

Toshio Watanabe

Nobu McCarthy

Mira Watanabe

Laurie Metcalf

Stephanie MacDonald

Carl Lumbly

Lieutenant Lou Baker

Dorian Harewood

Dennis

Luca Bercovici

Greg

Tippi Hedren

Florence Peters

Creative team

Directed by: John Schlesinger
Written by: Daniel Pyne
Produced by: Scott Rudin
William Sackheim

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