Dead End 1998

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Dead End ★★½ 1998 (R)

Police sargeant Henry Smolenski (Roberts) gains custody of his troubled 16-year-old son Adam (Tierney) after his ex-wife's death. Then he learns that the death is being investigated as a murder and Adam is the primary suspect. When Adam takes off, Henry searches for him and winds up becoming a suspect himself. Soon the estranged father and son are teaming up to discover who's out to frame them. Roberts gets to play a likable, caring character for a change of pace. 93m/C VHS, DVD . CA Eric Roberts, Jacob Tierney, Jayne Heitmeyer, Eliza Roberts, Jack Langedijk, Frank Schorpion; D: Douglas Jackson; W: Karl Schiffman; C: Georges Archambault; M: Milan Kymlicka. VIDEO

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