Dead Calm

Pacific. Endless blue. A gull's cry. Rae and John Ingram confront grief on their yacht, until a near-derelict schooner drifts into view. Aboard, a charismatic survivor named Hughie pleads for help, but his story soon unravels into stark terror. Noyce steers into dark waters.

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Phillip Noyce directed Dead Calm in 1989. See Phillip Noyce's full filmography, where to start with Phillip Noyce, or where to go after you've seen everything by Phillip Noyce.

Dead Calm was released in 1989 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.