---
title: 'White Sands (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roger Donaldson'
released: '1992-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/white-sands-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105813/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# White Sands (1992)

1992 · 97 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

White Sands is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, and starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson and Mickey Rourke. The film is about Ray Dolezal, a small-town New Mexico sheriff who finds a body in the desert with a suitcase containing $500,000. He impersonates Bob Spencer, the dead man, and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roger Donaldson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-donaldson)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniel Pyne](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-pyne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Patrick O'Hearn](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-hearn)
- **Producer:** [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin), [James G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-g-robinson), [Gary Barber](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-barber)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Menzies](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-menzies)

## Cast

- [Jack Kehler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kehler)
- [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh)
- [John P. Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-p-ryan)
- [Beth Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/beth-grant)
- [Fred Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-thompson)
- [James Rebhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-rebhorn)
- [Royce D. Applegate](https://cinepixo.com/people/royce-d-applegate)
- [Miguel Sandoval](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-sandoval)
- [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke)
- [Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-elizabeth-mastrantonio)
- [Mimi Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimi-rogers)
- [Maura Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/maura-tierney)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe)
- [Samuel L. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-l-jackson)

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