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Dead Man's Wire

2026·1h 44m·R
ThrillerDramaBiographyCrimeHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 6.5/10
10,054 votes
Metascore
67
Metacritic

On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.

Dead Man's Wire is a 2026 thriller drama movie directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Cary Elwes, Al Pacino, Colman Domingo. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.5/10 from 10,054 votes and runs 1h 44m.

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Director
Gus Van Sant
Stars
Cary Elwes
Al Pacino
Colman Domingo
Bill Skarsgård
Dacre Montgomery
Creators
Austin Kolodney
Details
2026-01-16
104 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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