Movie·2002·1h 28m
Desert Saints
Country
United States of America
Language
Latin
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The Story
Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.
Written By
Wally Nichols
Producer
David Yudain, Meg Ryan
Cinematography
John Newby
Music
Richard Marvin
Editor
John Newby
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
58 votes
Where to watch
Region: INRent
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// cast
Cast
Kiefer Sutherland
Arthur Banks
Melora Walters
Bennie Harper
Jamey Sheridan
Agent George Scanlon
Leslie Stefanson
Agent Donna Marbury
Bill Sage
Agent Davis
Keith Diamond
Agent Robinson
Shawn Woods
Larson
Christopher Bersh
Thug in Black
Rachel Ticotin
Dora
Beth Grant
Lou
Alan Gelfant
Byron Sadowski
Brent Roam
Concierge
Zach Chapman
Officer
Buddy Quaid
Gas Station Attendant
Aliza Rajan
Agent McCoy
// crew
Crew
David Yudain
Producer
John Newby
Director of Photography, Editor
Meg Ryan
Producer
Richard Marvin
Original Music Composer
Richard Greenberg
Director, Screenplay
Wally Nichols
Screenplay
Nina R. Sadowsky
Producer
Andreas Klein
Executive Producer
Graham King
Executive Producer
Michael Greenberg
Executive Producer
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