White Sands

About White Sands

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.

White Sands (1992) is a crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. At 101 minutes long, it arrived in April 1992.

Its themes are desert, sheriff, new mexico, and suitcase full of money.

Willem Dafoe appears as Deputy Sheriff Ray Dolezal, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lane Bodine, Mickey Rourke as Gorman Lennox, and Samuel L. Jackson as Greg Meeker. The screenplay is by Daniel Pyne. Produced by Morgan Creek Entertainment. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

No Country for Old Men, Sicario, and Love Lies Bleeding make useful companions to White Sands, all filed under neo-noir. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 185 votes and it carries a R rating.