Film

Thinner

1996 · 1h 32m · Fantasy · Horror

Let the curse fit the crime.

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

19%

Metacritic

33

An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.

Robert John Burke

Billy Halleck

Michael Constantine

Tadzu Lempke

Lucinda Jenney

Heidi Halleck

Kari Wührer

Gina Lempke

John Horton

Judge Cary Rossington

Sam Freed

Dr. Mike Houston

Daniel von Bargen

Chief Duncan Hopley

Joe Mantegna

Richie Ginelli

Elizabeth Franz

Leda Rossington

Walter Bobbie

Kirk Penschley

Bethany Joy Lenz

Linda Halleck

Time Winters

Prosecutor

Howard Erskine

Judge Phillips

Terrence Garmey

Bailiff

Randy Jurgensen

Court Clerk

Jeffrey Ware

Max Duggenfield

• Tom HollandScreenplay · Director
• Michael McDowellScreenplay
• Stephen KingNovel
• Mitchell GalinProducer
• Richard P. RubinsteinProducer
• Stephen F. KestenExecutive Producer
• Kees Van OostrumDirector of Photography
• Daniel LichtOriginal Music Composer
• Marc LaubEditor
• Leonard FingerCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

October 25, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$15,315,484

Genres

Fantasy, Horror

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