The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

10/11/1996 (US) • 2h 1m

Crime, Action, Mystery, Thriller

What's forgotten is not always gone.

Overview

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Mitch, she uncovers a secret government plot to stage a terrorist attack in Niagara Falls. When her daughter is kidnapped, Samantha must return to her old ways to stop the attack, rescue her child, and take down the people who tried to erase her.

Top Billed Cast

Geena Davis

Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore

Samuel L. Jackson

Mitch Henessey

Yvonne Zima

Caitlin Caine

Brian Cox

Dr. Nathan Waldman

Patrick Malahide

Leland Perkins

David Morse

Luke / Daedalus

Joseph McKenna

One-Eyed Jack


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$65,000,000.00

Revenue

$89,456,761.00

Keywords

martial arts

amnesia

assassination

strong woman

escape

chase

hostage

spy

new identity

dark comedy

teacher

beautiful woman

shootout

female protagonist

gunfight

terrorism

single mother

government assassin

timebomb

candlelight vigil

rogue agent

woman agent

christmas

ex-cia agent

action hero

amnesiac

christmas parade

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gun death

bold

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