Twilight (1998)

Director
Robert Benton

Main cast
Paul Newman; Susan Sarandon; Gene Hackman; Reese Witherspoon; Stockard Channing

Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Description
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.


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