The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 American legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. The film stars Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall. Divorced lawyer Rick Magruder stumbles drunk out of a party hosted by his firm and has a chance meeting with a woman named Mallory Doss , a waitress at the party who seems to have lost her car. Rick drives the woman to her home, where her car has been already parked, seemingly by her father, Dixon Doss . Rick and Mallory walk into... the house arguing. Mallory carelessly undresses in front of him, after which they spend the night together. Later in the day, Mallory asks him to file suit against her father because of his dangerous behavior. Now obsessed with Mallory and willing to do anything for her, Rick is successful in having Dixon put on trial and sent to a mental institution. But when he is freed, Rick must protect himself and his children from the danger he has brought into his life.
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| Release date: | January 23, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Robert Altman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 114 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jeremy Tannenbaum |
| Editor: | Geraldine Peroni |
| Music by: | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography: | Gu Changwei |
| Screenplay by: | Clyde Hayes |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Gingerbread Man |
| Genre: | Thriller |