The Long Kiss Goodnight

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Our Review Published April 19, 2024

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Geena Davis (The Fly) may want to forget that she tanked her career marrying action director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger), but Now Playing Podcast is having a second look at their final collaboration The Long Kiss Goodnight. Did screenwriter Shane Black change the Oscar-winning actress’ image for the better with this story of a small-town schoolteacher unlocking a secret identity as a CIA assassin one fateful Christmas? And is private eye Samuel L. Jackson the right buddy to help her distinguish fact from Pulp Fiction? Learn everything when you Donate for Platinum.

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The Long Kiss Goodnight

1996 R 2h 1m

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

Release Date

October 11, 1996

Director

Renny Harlin

Writer

Shane Black

Stars

Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko, Tom Amandes, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, David Morse, Joseph McKenna, Melina Kanakaredes, Dan Warry-Smith, Kristen Bone, Jennifer Pisana, Rex Linn, Alan North, Edwin Hodge, Bill MacDonald, Gladys O'Connor, Frank Moore, G. D. Spradlin, Graham McPherson, Sharon Washington, Judah Katz, Robert Thomas, John Stead, Marc Cohen, Chad Donella, Deborah Kirshenbaum, Shawn Doyle, Ken Ryan, Susan Henley, Craig Eldridge, Charles A. Tamburro, Larry King, Gerry Bamman, Ivar Brogger, Michael G. Brown, Reginald Doresa, Paul Essiembre, Erin Gooderham, Michael K. Jones, Carrie Loring, Lisa Anita Wegner, Brad Wozny, Sean Young

Producer

Stephanie Austin, Shane Black, Renny Harlin

Cinematography

Guillermo Navarro

Music

Alan Silvestri

Genre

Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$65,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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