At Close Range
Like father. Like son. Like hell.
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4/18/1986Runtime
111 minsOverview
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$6,500,000Revenue
$2,347,000Homepage
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A brutal portrait of a son drawn into his father's violent criminal world, where the seductive promise of belonging curdles into moral corruption. The film treats its rural landscape and descent into criminality with unflinching grimness.
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Sean Penn
Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Jr.
Christopher Walken
Bradford "Brad" Whitewood Sr.
Mary Stuart Masterson
Terry
Chris Penn
Thomas "Tommy" Whitewood
Millie Perkins
Julie
Eileen Ryan
Grandma
Tracey Walter
Uncle Patch Whitewood
David Strathairn
Tony Pine
J.C. Quinn
Boyd
Candy Clark
Mary Sue
Jake Dengel
Lester Perowski
Kiefer Sutherland
Tim
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