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| Director: | Carl Schenkel | 
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| Writer: | Brad Mirman | 
| Staring: | 
| A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 14, 1992 | 
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| Director: | Carl Schenkel | 
| Writer: | Brad Mirman | 
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller | 
| Keywords | suicide, chess, chess champion, serial killer, grandmaster, polaroid camera, police psychologist, traumatic childhood | 
| Production Companies | Cinevox Filmproduktion, Lamb Bear Entertainment, Cineplex Odeon Films, Ink Slinger Productions, Interstar, Knight Moves Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $923,418 Budget: $9,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Christopher Lambert | Peter Sanderson | 
| Diane Lane | Kathy Sheppard | 
| Tom Skerritt | Frank Sedman | 
| Daniel Baldwin | Andy Wagner | 
| Ferdy Mayne | Jeremy Edmonds | 
| Don Thompson | Father | 
| Megan Leitch | Mother | 
| Katharine Isabelle | Erica Sanderson | 
| Arthur Brauss | Viktor Yurillvich | 
| Kehli O'Byrne | Debi Rutlege | 
| Blu Mankuma | Steve Nolan | 
| Elizabeth Baldwin | Christie Eastman | 
| Alex Diakun | Grandmaster Lutz | 
| Monica Marko | Miss Greenwell | 
| Mark Wilson | Newcaster | 
| Sam Malkin | Doctor Fulton | 
| Frank C. Turner | Doctor | 
| Tom Heaton | Detective | 
| Rachel Hayward | Last Victim | 
| Codie Lucas Wilbee | David, 9 Years Old | 
| Joshua Murray | Peter, 14 Years Old | 
| Rebecca Toolan | Mayor | 
| Elizabeth Barclay | Loraine Olson | 
| Aundrea MacDonald | Mary Albert | 
| Freda Perry | Attractive Girl | 
| Holly Chester | Officer #2 | 
| Marilyn Norry | Homesearcher | 
| Donna Yamamoto | Reporter | 
| Kymberly Sheppard | Detective Janet McLellan | 
| Deryl Hayes | Officer Harton | 
| Walter Marsh | Chess President | 
| Charles Bailey-Gates | David Willerman | 
| Arthur Brauss | Viktor Yurilivich | 
| Suzy Carby | Desk Clerk | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Brad Mirman | Screenplay | 
| Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography | 
| Norbert Herzner | Editor | 
| Graeme Murray | Production Design | 
| Gary Pembroke Allen | Art Direction | 
| Shelley Crawford | Script Supervisor | 
| Dan Groseclose | Transportation Captain | 
| Jack Rowand | Still Photographer | 
| Ralph Parker | Sound mixer | 
| Clarence Horkey | Transportation Co-Captain | 
| Solweig Bores | Dialogue Editor | 
| Sylvia Nablo | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Michael O'Connor | Set Decoration | 
| André Bendocchi-Alves | Sound Editor | 
| Donald D. Brown | Boom Operator | 
| Hank McCann | Casting | 
| Evelyn Lukas | First Assistant Editor | 
| Margaret Solomon | Makeup Artist | 
| Jörn Poetzl | Foley Artist | 
| Anne Dudley | Original Music Composer | 
| Carl Schenkel | Director | 
| Deborah Everton | Costume Design | 
| Melissa R. Stubbs | Stunts | 
| Scott J. Ateah | Stunts | 
| Jennifer Moore | Assistant Set Decoration | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Ziad El Khoury | Producer | 
| Jean-Luc Defait | Producer | 
| Brad Mirman | Executive Producer | 
| Guy Collins | Executive Producer | 
| Dieter Geissler | Co-Producer | 
| Christopher Lambert | Executive Producer | 
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