Switchback

Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, with William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey, set in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and Amarillo Texas USA. FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Dennis Quaid) was in charge of tracking down an elusive serial killer, but when the killer kidnapped LaCrosse's young son, Andy (Ian Blake Nelson), he was taken off the case by superiors who felt that this latest development w... more

Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, with William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey, set in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and Amarillo Texas USA. FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Dennis Quaid) was in charge of tracking down an elusive serial killer, but when the killer kidnapped LaCrosse's young son, Andy (Ian Blake Nelson), he was taken off the case by superiors who felt that this latest development would destroy his objectivity. Frank is now more determined than ever to catch the killer, and he teams up with a small-town police department to continue his investigation. Meanwhile, a hitchhiker named Lane Dixon (Jared Leto) is picked up by Bob Goodall (Danny Glover), an affable drifter. It is later revealed that Bob is the killer, and he and Frank battle on the side of a train. Bob repeats to Frank that he has to kill him before he can find his son. Frank then lets go of Bob, and Bob falls off the train, laughing. He falls down a hill but... less