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, Samantha must return to her old ways to 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

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single mother

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