# Bad Influence (1990)

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**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Thriller
**Directed by**: Curtis Hanson
**Written by**: David Koepp
**Starring**: James Spader, Rob Lowe, Lisa Zane, Marcia Cross, Rosalyn Landor, Kathleen Wilhoite

> *When fantasy becomes a fatal distraction.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rainy city night, a bar stool, a stranger's fist, a mysterious intervention, a life upended. 
A charismatic figure inserts himself into Michael's world.
Curtis Hanson helms this dark thriller.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, sexy

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