Tennessee Waltz (film)

Tennessee Waltz
Tennessee Waltz
Directed by	Nicolas Gessner
Screenplay by	Laird Koenig
Based on	Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit; by Hans Werner Kettenbach
Produced by	Peter-Christian Fueter; Bernard Lang
Starring	Julian Sands; Stacey Dash; Ned Beatty; Denise Crosby; Rod Steiger
Cinematography	Pio Corradi
Edited by	Marie-Thérèse Boiché
Music by	Gabriel Yared
Production; companies	Condor Films; Allianz Filmproduktion; Intermonda; Westdeutscher Rundfunk;
Distributed by	Nelson Entertainment
Release date	August 6, 1989 (Locarno Film Festival);
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Switzerland; United States; West Germany
Language	English

Tennessee Waltz, also known as Tennessee Nights, is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, and Ed Lauter. It was adapted for the screen by Laird Koenig from the 1984 novel Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach.^[1]

Premise

A British lawyer on holiday in Tennessee is blamed for a murder.

Cast

Julian Sands as Wolfgang Leighton
Stacey Dash as Minnie
Ed Lauter as Sheriff Williams
Ned Beatty as Charlie Kiefer
Denise Crosby as Sally Lomas
Brian McNamara as Hewitt
Rod Steiger as Judge Prescott
Wallace Wilkinson as Record Producer
Johnny Cash as himself
David Hess as Hank
Gary Grubbs as District Attorney

References

^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 977. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

External links

Tennessee Waltz at IMDb

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[Goble1999-1] Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 977. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

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