False Identity

1990
PG-13
1h 33m

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When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost... Read allWhen Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost brother of the town's leading citizen.When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost brother of the town's leading citizen.

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Geneviève Bujold played another radio personality in Choose Me (1984), with scenes shot at the same station, KPFK-FM, used as a location here. Director James Keach acted in Love Letters (1983), which also used KPFK as a location.

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Never Ending Circle
Written by Phillip Douglas
Performed by Prentis Goodwin

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6/10

I've been nobody for seventeen years.

An offbeat thriller , in which Stacy Keach (It took time before I had recognized him without his moustache) and Genevieve Bujold ( bilingual ,she had a successful career in France too,directed by Malle , Resnais and De Broca)are directed by the former's younger brother. The story is not new ,amnesia is a subject which was often broached .Besides, if the screenplay is complex but absorbing , the prologue is confused and some acting leaves a lot to be desired (Tobin Bell overacts more than Veronica Cartwright) .

Another variant of the Abel/Cain myth , a tribute to the heroes killed in action via a radio show, "false identity " ,in spite of its flaws ,does not deserve to be ignored.