White Sands (film)

White Sands
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoger Donaldson
Written byDaniel Pyne
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited byNicholas Beauman
Music byPatrick O'Hearn
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 24, 1992 (1992-04-24)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22 million[1]
Box office$18 million[2]

White Sands is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, and starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mickey Rourke. The film is about a small-town New Mexico sheriff who finds a body in the desert with a suitcase containing $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

White Sands was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, and was released in the United States on April 24, 1992, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews and grossed $18 million worldwide against a budget of $22 million.

  1. ^ White Sands at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "Morgan Creek Prods. Box Office". Variety. February 15, 1993. p. 46.