Affliction Free
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rating IMDb: 70
- Year: 1997
- Duration: 1:54
Summaries
A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
Boston University professor Whitehouse tells of the events leading up to the disappearance of his older Wade. The police officer who investigates is deeply troubled, and the murder case drains his mental acuity to the pointv of a total mental collapse.
In a small New Hampshire town, washed-up cop Wade Whitehouse has a troubled past, an abusive father, the contempt of his ex-wife and an unimpressive streak as a lawman. When hunting guide Jack Hewitt reports a businessman's accidental death during a hunting trip, Wade believes he has a chance to turn around his life, if he can prove it was murder. Increasingly obsessed, Wade begins to lose his composure during the investigation.
Wade Whitehouse is a sheriff of a small New Hampshire town who achieved nothing in life in the opinion of his ex-wife Lillian and daughter Jill and is a heavy drinker. His girlfriend Margie accepts him the way he is. On the first day of the hunting season, Wade's friend Jack takes a wealthy businessman to hunt - and only Jack returns alive. Wade decides to play detective and starts investigating the case despite the fact Jack insists it was an accidental self-inflicted shot.