
1988/05/15 (US) | Drama, Mystery
Was he her dream or obsession? Was she his mother or his lover?
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.
Nicolas Roeg
Director

Theresa Russell
Linda Henry

Gary Oldman
Martin

Christopher Lloyd
Henry Henry

Colleen Camp
Arlanda

Sandra Bernhard
Nurse Stein

Seymour Cassel
Dr. Bernard Fairmont

Leon Rippy
Trucker
$ 5,000,000
$ 429,028
Released
Dennis Potter
Writer
Rick McCallum
Producer
Denis O'Brien
Executive Producer
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Tony Lawson
Editor
George Harrison
Executive Producer