Knight Moves
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| Directed by | Carl Schenkel |
| Produced by | Jean-Luc Defait/Ziad El Khoury/Dieter Geissler/Guy Collins/Gordon Mark |
| Written by | Brad Mirman |
| Starring | Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin, Katharine Isabelle, Charles Bailey-Gates |
| Music by | Anne Dudley |
| Cinematography | Dietrich Lohmann |
| Editing by | Norbert Herzner |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures (II)/Lamb Bear Entertainment/Ink Slinger/Cinevox Filmproduktion GmbH |
| Release date(s) | January 22, 1992 (Germany) January 20, 1993 (USA) |
| Running time | 108 min/Spain 113min/Argentina 116min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Knight Moves is a 1992 American thriller film, directed by Carl Schenkel and written by Brad Mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders.
[edit] Synopsis
They met only once, but back in 1972 David and Peter had left lasting impressions on one another, for one of them was stabbed continually with a fountain pen, leaving him with everlasting bodily scars. As for the other, his savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat was a catalyst that ended his parent's marriage, as his father left forever; his offspring discovered his mother dying, having been slashed with a broken bottle. This boy spent the next twenty years in and out of asylums and foster care. Now it seems he's become one of the youngest, most successful chess grandmasters in history. Brilliant if troubled widower with a precious daughter, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in his casual lover's murder. When more homicides occur Capt. Frank Sedman and his partner Det. Andy Wagner discover that a serial killer is at work on the New England island. With our chessmaster becoming more and more connected to the deaths, shrink Kathy Sheppard is brought in to figure out if this chess prodigy is as innocent as he claims to be.
[edit] Cast
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Christopher Lambert | Peter Sanderson |
| Diane Lane | Kathy Sheppard |
| Tom Skerritt | Capt. Frank Sedman |
| Daniel Baldwin | Det. Andy Wagner |
| Katharine Isabelle (as Katherine Isobel) | Erica Sanderson |
| Charles Bailey-Gates | David Willerman |
| Blu Mankuma | Steve Nolan |
| Ferdy Mayne (as Ferdinand Mayne) | Jeremy Edmonds |
| Elizabeth Baldwin | Christie Eastman |
| Rachel Hayward | Last Victim |
| Megan Leitch | Mother |
| Codie Lucas Wilbee | David at nine |
| Don Thompson | Father |
| Joshua Murray | Peter at fourteen |
| Alex Diakun | Grandmaster Lutz |
| Arthur Brauss | Viktor Yurilivich |
| Elizabeth Barclay | Loraine Olson |
| Aundrea MacDonald | Mary Albert |
| Sam Malkin | Doctor Fulton |
| Kymberly Sheppard | Detective Janet McLellan |
| Deryl Hayes | Officer Harton |
| Kehli O'Byrne | Debi Rutlege |
| Monica Marko | Miss Greenwell |
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