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Flashpoint

Flashpoint

They drink together. Work together. Party together. They live for trouble. Now they've uncovered a secret and their troubles are just beginning.

19846.21h 34m

Overview

Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. Before they decide whether to keep the money or report it, they privately investigate the clues and unravel a decades old mystery.

Directed by William Tannen
Written by Dennis Shryack, Michael Butler, George La Fountaine Sr.
Produced by Skip Short
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Top Cast

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Bobby Logan

Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Ernie Wyatt

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Sheriff Wells

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Brook

Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith

Carson

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Roget

Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Doris

Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Lambasino

Mark Slade

Mark Slade

Hawthorne

Roberts Blossom

Roberts Blossom

Amarillo

Themes & Keywords

border patrolconspiracybag of money

About Flashpoint

Flashpoint is a action, crime, drama, mystery, thriller film released in 1984 exploring themes of border patrol, conspiracy, bag of money. Directed by William Tannen, it stars Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn. Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. Before they decide whether to keep the money or report it, they privately investigate the clues and unravel a decades old mystery.

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