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Desperate

9.019871h 10mMovieThrillerTV Movie

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban gunrunners.

DirectorPeter Markle
WriterMichael Braverman
ProducersAlex Beaton·Michael Braverman

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Cast · Directed by Peter Markle

John Savage
John Savage
Noah
Meg Foster
Meg Foster
Dorymae
Chris Burke
Chris Burke
Louis
Liane Langland
Liane Langland
Deirdre O'Donohue
Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson
Seamus
J.A. Preston
J.A. Preston
Wiggee
George Dickerson
George Dickerson
LeClerc
Castulo Guerra
Castulo Guerra
Estabumante
Frances Foster
Frances Foster
Loretta
Byrne Piven
Byrne Piven
Law Judge
Ned Bellamy
Ned Bellamy
Agent Carter
Patrick John Hurley
Patrick John Hurley
Mullen

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Is Desperate on Netflix?

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Desperate hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 7, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.