Desperate (1987)
In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.
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John SavageNoah
Meg FosterDorymae
Chris BurkeLouisLiane LanglandDeirdre O'Donohue
Andrew RobinsonSeamus
J.A. PrestonWiggee
George DickersonLeClerc
Castulo GuerraEstabumante
Frances FosterLoretta
Byrne PivenLaw Judge
Ned BellamyAgent Carter
Patrick John HurleyMullenMovie DNA
Genre affinityThriller · Tv MoviePacingShortDirector preference289934Actor preference72795 · 70385 · 114778Country preferenceUsDecade preference1980
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Frequently asked questions about Desperate
What is Desperate about?
In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.
How long is Desperate?
Desperate has a runtime of 70 minutes.