The Five Forty-Eight (1979)
The Five Forty-Eight, drawn from a Cheever story about the fictional New York suburb of Shady Hill, concerns an advertising man, John Blake (Laurence Luckinbill), who is emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him. His disturbed secretary, Miss Dent (Mary Beth Hurt), whom he has seduced and then fired and discarded, pursues him harrowingly, and in a final scene in which she holds him at gunpoint in a field beyond the Shady Hill railroad station, she forces him to confront the squalor of his life.
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Laurence LuckinbillJohn Blake
Mary Beth HurtJane Dent
Laurinda BarrettLouise BlakePhilip ScherCharlie BlakeDale HodgesReceptionistKathy KeeneyAnne Blake
Jon DeVriesHenry WatkinsNicholas LuckinbillTad WatkinsAnn McDonoughJune ThorpeRobert HittPrice
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What is The Five Forty-Eight about?
The Five Forty-Eight, drawn from a Cheever story about the fictional New York suburb of Shady Hill, concerns an advertising man, John Blake (Laurence Luckinbill), who is emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him. His disturbed secretary, Miss Dent (Mary Beth Hurt), whom he has seduced and then fired and discarded, pursues him harrowingly, and in a final scene in which she holds him at gunpoint in a field beyond the Shady Hill railroad station, she forces him to confront the squalor of his life.
How long is The Five Forty-Eight?
The Five Forty-Eight has a runtime of 58 minutes.