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Knight Moves

Knight Moves

In a game of life and death... one wrong move could be his last...

19925.81h 56m

Overview

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.

Directed by Carl Schenkel
Written by Brad Mirman
Produced by Jean-Luc Defait, Ziad El Khoury
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $923K

Top Cast

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert

Peter Sanderson

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Kathy Sheppard

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Frank Sedman

Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin

Andy Wagner

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

Jeremy Edmonds

Don Thompson

Don Thompson

Father

Megan Leitch

Megan Leitch

Mother

Katharine Isabelle

Katharine Isabelle

Erica Sanderson

Arthur Brauss

Arthur Brauss

Viktor Yurillvich

Kehli O'Byrne

Kehli O'Byrne

Debi Rutlege

Themes & Keywords

suicidechesschess championserial killergrandmasterpolaroid camerapolice psychologisttraumatic childhood

About Knight Moves

Knight Moves is a mystery, thriller film released in 1992 exploring themes of suicide, chess, chess champion, serial killer, grandmaster, polaroid camera. Directed by Carl Schenkel, it stars Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt. 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.

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