Caught (1996)

Director
Robert M. Young

Main cast
Edward James Olmos; María Conchita Alonso; Arie Verveen; Bitty Schram; Steven Schub

Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller

Description
A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.


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