Directed by Robert Harmon Written by Eric Red   Cast Rutger Hauer ... John Ryder C. Thomas Howell ... Jim Halsey Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Nash Jeffrey DeMunn ... Captain Esteridge John M. Jackson ... Sergeant Starr (as John Jackson) Billy Green Bush ... Trooper Donner (as Billy Greenbush) Jack Thibeau ... Trooper Prestone Armin Shimerman ... Interrogation Sergeant Gene Davis ... Trooper Dodge (as Eugene Davis) Jon Van Ness ... Trooper Hapscomb Henry Darrow ... Trooper Hancock Tony Epper ... Trooper Conners Tom Spratley ... Proprietor Colin Campbell ... Construction Man Uncredited Cast Brittania   Garth Shaw ... Photographer Produced by David Bombyk   Edward S. Feldman   Paul Lewis   Charles R. Meeker   Kip Ohman   Original Music by Mark Isham

Additional Info Premiere: February 21, 1986 DVD Release: June 08, 1999 Country: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Production Companies HBO Pictures (presents) Silver Screen Partners (in association with) Distributors TriStar Pictures   (1986) (USA) (theatrical) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (1987) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Alamo Drafthouse   (2015) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (1993) (USA) (VHS) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (1999) (USA) (DVD) (VHS) Incorporated Television Company (ITC)   (1989) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating 6.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.9 / 10 Female Users 5.3 / 10 Site Ranking #2,394 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 9 total ratings Average 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,390 American Splendor (2003) #2,391 Castle Rock: Season 2 (2019) #2,392 In The Heights (2021) #2,393 In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) #2,394 The Hitcher (1986) #2,395 The Descent: Part 2 (2009) #2,396 Joe (2013) #2,397 Stuber (2019) #2,398 The Grudge 2 (2006)