---
title: 'Breakdown (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jonathan Mostow'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breakdown-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118771/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breakdown (1997)

1997 · R · 90 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Breakdown is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Jonathan Mostow from the screenplay he wrote with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell as a man whose wife is kidnapped by a truck driver after their car mysteriously breaks down during a cross-country drive, leading him on a desperate search to track her down and confront her captors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jonathan Mostow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-mostow)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Mostow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-mostow), [Sam Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-montgomery)
- **Producer:** [Jonathan Mostow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-mostow), [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Basil Poledouris](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-poledouris)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Milsome](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-milsome)

## Cast

- [Kathleen Quinlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-quinlan)
- [Rex Linn](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-linn)
- [Jack Noseworthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-noseworthy)
- [J. T. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-t-walsh)
- [M.C. Gainey](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-c-gainey)
- [Jack McGee](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcgee)
- [Kurt Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-russell)
- [Moira Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/moira-harris)

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