Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Rudolph
Written byWilliam Reilly
Claude Kerven
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyElliot Davis
Edited byTom Walls
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
New Vision Pictures
Polar Entertainment Corporation
Rufglen Films
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 19, 1991 (1991-04-19)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million
Box office$18.8 million

Mortal Thoughts is a 1991 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, John Pankow, and Harvey Keitel. Told in narrative flashbacks set in a police interrogation, the film centers on a woman implicated in the violent murder of her friend's abusive, drug-addicted husband. Its title is derived from a quote in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.

In addition to starring in the film, Moore also served as a co-producer, and offered to pay the cast and crew overtime when the film's original director, Claude Kerven, was fired and replaced by Rudolph.