Thin Ice

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

Cast

Greg Kinnear

as Mickey Prohaska

Alan Arkin

as Gorvy Hauer

Billy Crudup

as Randy

David Harbour

as Bob Egan

Michelle Arthur

as Karla Gruenka

Peter Thoemke

as Frank Richie

James Michael Detmar

as Glen Vanderhoevel

Lea Thompson

as Jo Ann Prohaska

Bob Balaban

as Leonard Dahl

John Paul Gamoke

as Man at Coffee Shop

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