4.4 Score

2001 • 1h 53min • R • Mystery, Thriller

Don't Say a Word

"...I'll never tell."

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.

IMDb 6.3

RT 24%

MC 38

Director

Gary Fleder

Writers

Anthony Peckham

Patrick Smith Kelly

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Michael Douglas

Dr. Nathan Conrad

Sean Bean

Patrick Koster

Brittany Murphy

Elisabeth Burrows

Skye McCole Bartusiak

Jessie Conrad

Guy Torry

Dolen

Jennifer Esposito

Det. Sandra Cassidy

Famke Janssen

Aggie Conrad

Oliver Platt

Dr. Louis Sachs

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Michael Douglas Dr. Nathan Conrad

Sean Bean Patrick Koster

Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Burrows

Skye McCole Bartusiak Jessie Conrad

Guy Torry Dolen

Jennifer Esposito Det. Sandra Cassidy

Famke Janssen Aggie Conrad

Oliver Platt Dr. Louis Sachs

Shawn Doyle Russel Maddox

Victor Argo Sydney Simon

Conrad Goode Max Dunlevy

Paul Schulze Jake

Lance Reddick Arnie

Aidan Devine Leon Edward Croft

Alex Campbell Jonathan

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