The Player
A Hollywood studio executive must uncover which desperate screenwriter is sending him lethal death threats before the mystery kills him and destroys his career.
“Now More Than Ever!”
Synopsis
A Hollywood studio executive is receiving death threats from a writer whose script was rejected by the executive. The question remains: which writer is responsible?
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A crew of 120+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Maysie HoyShot by Jean LepineScored by Thomas NewmanDesigned by Stephen Altman
Box Office
1992 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$21.7M
Opening weekend: $302K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $473K — 2% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 23 theaters
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Cast & Crew
120 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tim Robbins
as Griffin Mill
Greta Scacchi
as June Gudmundsdottir
Fred Ward
as Walter Stuckel
Whoopi Goldberg
as Detective Avery
Peter Gallagher
as Larry Levy
Brion James
as Joel Levison
Cynthia Stevenson
as Bonnie Sherow
Vincent D Onofrio
as David Kahane
Dean Stockwell
as Andy Civella
Richard E Grant
as Tom Oakley
Sydney Pollack
as Dick Mellen
Lyle Lovett
as Detective DeLongpre
Supporting cast
97Dina Merrill
as Celia
Angela Hall
as Jan
Leah Ayres
as Sandy
Paul Hewitt
as Jimmy Chase
Randall Batinkoff
as Reg Goldman
Jeremy Piven
as Steve Reeves
Gina Gershon
as Whitney Gersh
Frank Barhydt
as Frank Murphy
Mike Kaplan
as Marty Grossman
Kevin Scannell
as Gar Girard
Margery Bond
as Witness
Susan Emshwiller
as Detective Broom
Brian Brophy
as Phil
Michael Tolkin
as Eric Schecter
Stephen Tolkin
as Carl Schecter
Natalie Strong
as Natalie
Peter Koch
as Walter
Pamela Bowen
as Trixie
Jeff Celentano
as Rocco
Steve Allen
as Steve Allen
Richard Anderson
as Richard Anderson
Rene Auberjonois
as René Auberjonois
Harry Belafonte
as Harry Belafonte
Shari Belafonte
as Shari Belafonte
Karen Black
as Karen Black
Michael Bowen
as Michael Bowen
Gary Busey
as Gary Busey
Robert Carradine
as Robert Carradine
Charles Champlin
as Charles Champlin
Cher
as Cher
James Coburn
as James Coburn
Cathy Lee Crosby
as Cathy Lee Crosby
John Cusack
as John Cusack
Brad Davis
as Brad Davis
Paul Dooley
as Paul Dooley
Thereza Ellis
as Thereza Ellis
Peter Falk
as Peter Falk
Felicia Farr
as Felicia Farr
Katarzyna Figura
as Kasia Figura
Louise Fletcher
as Louise Fletcher
Dennis Franz
as Dennis Franz
Teri Garr
as Teri Garr
Leeza Gibbons
as Leeza Gibbons
Scott Glenn
as Scott Glenn
Jeff Goldblum
as Jeff Goldblum
Elliott Gould
as Elliott Gould
Joel Grey
as Joel Grey
David Alan Grier
as David Alan Grier
Buck Henry
as Buck Henry
Anjelica Huston
as Anjelica Huston
Kathy Ireland
as Kathy Ireland
Steve James
as Steve James
Maxine John James
as Maxine John-James
Sally Kellerman
as Sally Kellerman
Sally Kirkland
as Sally Kirkland
Jack Lemmon
as Jack Lemmon
Marlee Matlin
as Marlee Matlin
Andie Macdowell
as Andie MacDowell
Malcolm Mcdowell
as Malcolm McDowell
Jayne Meadows
as Jayne Meadows
Martin Mull
as Martin Mull
Jennifer Nash
as Jennifer Nash
Nick Nolte
as Nick Nolte
Alexandra Powers
as Alexandra Powers
Bert Remsen
as Bert Ramsen
Guy Remsen
as Guy Remsen
Patricia Resnick
as Patricia Resnick
Burt Reynolds
as Burt Reynolds
Jack Riley
as Jack Riley
Julia Roberts
as Julia Roberts
Mimi Rogers
as Mimi Rogers
Annie Ross
as Annie Ross
Alan Rudolph
as Alan Rudolph
Jill St John
as Jill St. John
Susan Sarandon
as Susan Sarandon
Adam Simon
as Adam Simon
Rod Steiger
as Rod Steiger
Joan Tewkesbury
as Joan Tewkesbury
Brian Tochi
as Brian Tochi
Lily Tomlin
as Lily Tomlin
Robert Wagner
as Robert Wagner
Ray Walston
as Ray Walston
Bruce Willis
as Bruce Willis
Marvin Young
as Marvin Young
Ned Bellamy
as Aaron Camp (uncredited)
Steve Fuji
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Althea Gibson
as Althea Gibson (uncredited)
Ted Hartley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Jason
as Jack (uncredited)
Jack Kney
as Jogger (uncredited)
James Mclindon
as Jim (uncredited)
Ritchie Montgomery
as Ritchie Montgomery (uncredited)
Derek Raser
as Studio Mail Driver (uncredited)
Scott Shaw
as Scott Shaw (uncredited)
Patrick Swayze
as Patrick Swayze (uncredited)
Dan Twyman
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Marina Zenovich
as Studio Executive (uncredited)
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1Writers
1Producers
4Other crew
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