White Sands
“The most dangerous way to solve a murder... become the victim.”
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Studio
Morgan Creek Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How White Sands performed
Budget
$22.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.0M
Gross Profit
−$13.0M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
Willem Dafoe
Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal
Lane Bodine
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lane Bodine
Gorman Lennox
Mickey Rourke
Gorman Lennox
Greg Meeker
Samuel L. Jackson
Greg Meeker
Bert Gibson
M. Emmet Walsh
Bert Gibson
FBI Agent Flynn
James Rebhorn
FBI Agent Flynn
Noreen
Maura Tierney
Noreen
Roz Kincaid
Beth Grant
Roz Kincaid
Ben Dolezal
Alexander Nicksay
Ben Dolezal
Delmar Blackwater
Fredrick Lopez
Delmar Blackwater
FBI Agent Ruiz
Miguel Sandoval
FBI Agent Ruiz
FBI Agent Demott
John Lafayette
FBI Agent Demott
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