

Retroactive
1997-02-21 · 91 min · ★ 6.2
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
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- Directors
- Louis Morneau
- Production companies
- Orion Pictures, Cohiba Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jim BelushiFrank
Kylie TravisKaren
Shannon WhirryRayanne
Frank WhaleyBrian
Jesse BorregoJesse
M. Emmet WalshSam
Roger Clinton Jr.Truck Driver
Sherman HowardTrooper
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