Film

Unlawful Entry

1992 · 1h 52m · Thriller · Mystery

A man obsessed will do anything for love... A cop obsessed can get away with it.

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

61

Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Before long, one of the responding officers, Officer Pete Davis, helps arrange the installation of a new security system, taking extra interest in the couple's case. As a result, the grateful Carrs invite him to stay for dinner and they strike up an unexpected friendship. However, as the lonely policeman develops an intense fixation on Karen, his take on friendship develops into a dangerous obsession soon becoming the Carrs' worst nightmare.

Kurt Russell

Michael Carr

Ray Liotta

Officer Pete Davis

Madeleine Stowe

Karen Carr

Roger E. Mosley

Officer Roy Cole

Ken Lerner

Roger Graham

Deborah Offner

Penny, Karen's Friend

Johnny Ray McGhee

Ernie Pike

Carmen Argenziano

Jerome Lurie

Andy Romano

Captain Russell Hayes

Sonny Carl Davis

Neighbor Jack

Sherrie Rose

Girl in Jeep

Lynn Eastman-Rossi

Candace Lurie

Dick Miller

Impound Clerk

Bob Minor

Detective Murray

Djimon Hounsou

Prisoner on Bench

Richard Narita

Detective Nobu

• Jonathan KaplanDirector
• Lewis ColickScreenplay · Story
• George PutnamStory
• John KatchmerStory
• Charles GordonProducer
• Joseph Newton CohenProducer
• Jamie AndersonDirector of Photography
• James HornerOriginal Music Composer
• Curtiss ClaytonEditor
• Jackie BurchCasting

UK Re-Release TrailerUnlawful Entry Trailer

Release date

June 26, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Budget

$23,000,000

Revenue

$57,138,719

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

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