(Made for television movie; originally aired 4/13/93 on CBS)

Bruce Greenwood plays Nick Terrio, an attractive but dangerous young man, who is rescued from a drifting ship along with his homicidal wife Eliza (played with chilling believability by Kelly Rowan). Kate Jackson and Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh (an old acquaintance of Greenwood's from The Climb and Woman on the Run) play the wealthy older couple who bring them aboard their own boat only to realize the younger couple have perilous plans to take over their ship and assume their lives. Although the plot is the same as the motion picture Dead Calm with a somewhat predictable ending, the film is remakably well acted with complex charaterizations and effective suspense. It has specific rewards for Greenwood fans, too: a fascinating (if underdeveloped) subplot of Eliza's control over Nick through his claustrophobic abuse as a child in the orphanage where they were both raised, and an attraction between him and the older woman, which is used to complicate the more straightforward agenda of the other two players. Although he's a decided villain, this was one of Greenwood's favorite roles. His blond good looks and amiable personality are handsomely displayed, and there was some intriguing chemistry between him and Kelly Rowan.

Available on video; also shown frequently on Lifetime cable channel and about once a year on network television.

Atlantis Films Ltd., in association with WIV through Superchannel the CTV TV Network Ltd., and Blue Andre Productions.

SOUND WAVS FROM ADRIFT

		Nick explains the wreck	1 min 18 secs
		Nick remembers his past	27 secs
		Nick threatens Kate and Guy	54 secs