Fatal Attraction (1987)
On the other side of drinks, dinner and a one-night stand, lies a terrifying love story.
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
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Michael DouglasDan Gallagher
Glenn CloseAlexandra "Alex" Forrest
Anne ArcherBeth Gallagher
Ellen Hamilton LatzenEllen Gallagher
Stuart PankinJimmy
Ellen FoleyHildy
Fred GwynneArthurMeg MundyJoan Rogerson
Tom BrennanHoward Rogerson
Lois SmithMartha
Mike NussbaumBob Drimmer
J.J. JohnstonO'RourkeKeywords
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What is Fatal Attraction about?
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
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Fatal Attraction has a runtime of 119 minutes.
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