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The Frozen Ground ()


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An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

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Cast

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Sgt. Jack Halcombe
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Cindy Paulson
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Robert Hansen
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Sgt. Lyle Haugsven
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Debbie Peters
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Sgt. Wayne Von Clasen
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Carl Galenski
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Vice Det. John Gentile
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Fran Hansen
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Officer Gregg Baker
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Lt. Bob Jent
Connor Rockom ...
Hansen Son
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Allie Halcombe
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Asst. Sgt. Ed Stauber
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Chelle Ringell
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Pimp Clate Johnson (as Curtis Jackson)
Olga Valentina ...
Jodi Brandon
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Det. Kyle Griston
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D.A. Pat Clives
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Inlet Inn Manager
Hillarie Putnam ...
Janice
Ron Holmstrom ...
Attorney Mike Rule
Leo Grinberg ...
Asst. D.A. Frank Rothschild
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Bobby Morehead
Jeff Bell ...
Motel Officer
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Lt. Pat Kasnick
Mark Robokoff ...
Dan Boyds
Clara Danielle Engstrom ...
Halcombe Daughter
Leonardo Walker ...
Halcombe Son
Jill Bess ...
Janet
Teresa Koop ...
Bakery Beryl
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Trooper #2
Jonathan Minton ...
APD Officer #1
A.J. Seims ...
Duty Officer
Tom Skore ...
Dr. Dan Rodgers
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SA Nurse (as Princess Lucaj)
Julie Hasquet ...
Reporter Sheila
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Reporter #2
Sunny Alexander ...
Rosie
Christopher Murray ...
Hansen's Neighbor
Danielle Lyons Gonzales ...
Flirty Girl / Good Times (as Alexandra Gonzalez)
Shilo K. Thorp ...
Pimp Guy
Savanah Graham ...
Ward Nurse
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Trooper #1
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News Anchor
Seneca Paris ...
Skateland Girl
Amy Litson ...
Doorway Girl
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Bakery Friend Al
Joshua Ball ...
Trooper #3
Kiki Warren ...
Candy Striper
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Airport Security
Jekka Rodriguez ...
Skateland Worker
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Sandy Halcombe
Lucy ...
Debbie's Dog
Kili ...
Husky
Kaya ...
Hansen's Dog
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles A. Baird ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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AST Detective (uncredited)
Maeve Blake ...
Hansen's Daughter (uncredited)
Cheyenne Buchanan ...
Man in Stairwell (uncredited)
Kurt Bunde ...
APD Officer (uncredited)
Rich Capitan ...
APD Officer (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Karl Glick ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Flash Back Doctor (uncredited)
John Hirst ...
Drunk (uncredited)
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AK State Trooper (uncredited)
Erin Lindsay King ...
Flirty Girl (uncredited)
Gloria King ...
Nurse (uncredited)
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Police patron (uncredited)
Damian Lund ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Bryant Mainord ...
Strip Club Patron (uncredited)
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Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
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Merrill Field Trooper (uncredited)
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Bakery Police Officer (uncredited)
Samuel Clay Ostlund Sease ...
Strip Club Patron (uncredited)
Bogdan Shepard ...
State trooper (uncredited)
Lois Simenson ...
Records Clerk - Extra (uncredited)
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Unwed Mother (uncredited)
Steve Sterling ...
Detective (uncredited)
Catherine Walczak ...
Catherine Walczak (uncredited)

Directed by

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Scott Walker

Written by

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Scott Walker ... (written by)

Produced by

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50 Cent ... producer (as Curtis Jackson)
Brandt Andersen ... executive producer
Ryan S. Black ... associate producer
Martin Blencowe ... executive producer (as Martin Richard Blencowe)
Barry Brooker ... executive producer
Remington Chase ... producer
Dama Claire ... co-producer
Randall Emmett ... producer
Jane Fleming ... producer
Ted Fox ... executive producer
Kevin Scott Frakes ... executive producer (as Kevin Frakes)
George Furla ... executive producer
Gus Furla ... co-producer
Jason Gandhi ... co-executive producer
Brett Granstaff ... executive producer
Brandon Grimes ... co-producer
Anthony Gudas ... executive producer
Corey Large ... executive producer
Fredrik Malmberg ... executive producer
Stepan Martirosyan ... executive producer
Phillip Noorani ... associate producer
Mark Ordesky ... producer
Vance Owen ... co-executive producer
Jeff Rice ... producer
Scott Robinson ... consulting producer
Kevin Robl ... executive producer
Elisa Salinas ... executive producer
Raj Brinder Singh ... co-executive producer
William B. Steakley ... line producer
Mark Stewart ... executive producer
Philip Stinson ... associate producer
Olga Valentina ... executive producer
Daniel Wagner ... executive producer
Stan Wertlieb ... executive producer

Music by

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Lorne Balfe

Cinematography by

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Patrick Murguia ... director of photography

Editing by

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Sarah Boyd

Editorial Department

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Sean Albertson ... additional editor
Damian Drago ... title design
Paul Harb ... additional editor
Momo Hsiao ... additional titles
Kyle Dean Jackson ... digital intermediate producer
Ryan Neatha Johnson ... assistant editor
Paul Rufus Jones ... dailies coordinator
Taylor Mahony ... on-line editor
Kurt Nishimura ... assistant editor
Mark Todd Osborne ... digital intermediate colorist (as Mark T. Osborne)
Alan Pao ... digital intermediate producer
Sebastian Perez-Burchard ... on-line editor
Heather Toll ... digital intermediate producer

Casting By

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Anne McCarthy
Kellie Roy

Production Design by

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Clark Hunter

Set Decoration by

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Monique Champagne

Costume Design by

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Lynn Falconer

Makeup Department

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Gary Archer ... Special effects teeth
Troy Breeding ... key makeup artist
Karri Farris ... makeup department head
Marcos Gonzales ... department head hair
Matthew W. Mungle ... prosthetic bodies: W.M. Creations
Koji Ohmura ... special makeup effects lab technician
Ching Tseng ... makeup artist
Clinton Wayne ... prosthetic bodies: W.M. Creations, Inc.
Rosalyn Wyche ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Beau J. Genot ... post-production supervisor
Tracey Landon ... unit production manager
Michael J. Urann ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Brendon Breese ... second second assistant director
Margot Coleman Martin ... key second assistant director (as Margot Coleman)
Kenny Hanson ... additional second second assistant director
Dan Laz Lazarovits ... first assistant director (as Dan Lazarovits)

Art Department

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Aaron Bailey ... on-set dresser
Jeffrey Butler ... art department assistant
Jacob Carpenter ... set dresser
John Hugh Evans ... paint department head
Benjamin Foss ... painter
Jason Hammond ... property master
Christina Hansen ... set decoration buyer
Thomas Mark Higgins ... set dresser
Alex Hunter ... assistant art director
Fred Krush Jr. ... carpenter
Fred Potts ... prop
Mark Sabel ... props
Peter J. Smith ... carpenter
Markus Wittmann ... leadman (as Markus Wittman)
Parker W. Woods ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Steven Avila ... sound effects editor
David Barber ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Gonzalo Espinoza ... adr supervisor (as Gonzalo 'Bino' Espinoza) / foley supervisor (as Gonzalo 'Bino' Espinoza)
Sean Gray ... dialogue editor
Charles Hewitt ... adr mixer
David Kitchens ... sound supervisor
Peter D. Lago ... sound effects editor
Alexander Pugh ... sound effects editor
Shane Reeves ... sound technician
Richard Schexnayder ... sound mixer
Matthew Talarico ... boom operator
Ben Zarai ... dialogue editor

Special Effects by

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Damian Lund ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Frank Akrong ... digital compositor
Caitlin Atherton ... visual effects coordinator (as Caitlin Thornton)
Jeff Atherton ... visual effects producer: Hydraulx
Derek Babchishin ... tracking artist
Cody Brunty ... visual effects artist
Nicolas Cadorette Vigneau ... digital compositor (as Nicolas Cadorette)
Doug Campbell ... senior compositor
Ed Chapman ... visual effects supervisor: hydraulx
Caleb Clark ... digital compositor
Nolan Conrad ... compositor
Jessica Cuff ... production assistant: Hydraulx VFX
Damian Drago ... additional visual effects
Eddie Englander ... compositor: Hydraulx
Atsuo Fujiwara ... tracking artist
Neil Ghaznavi ... compositor (as Safeer Ghaznavi)
Nicolas Houle ... digital compositor
Kishor Joshi ... visual effects artist
James Kawano ... paint artist / roto artist
Jooyong Lee ... inferno/flame compositor: Hydraulx
Sun Lee ... senior matte painter: Hydraulx
Erwan Leroy ... compositor
Joaquin Ludewig ... visual effects artist
Shoban Narayanan ... compositor (as Shobanbabu)
Denise O'Neill ... 2d coordinator: Hydraulx VFX
Mark Rasmussen ... senior compositor
Andre Rios ... visual effects artist
Mariusz Rokicki ... compositor
Kevin Shimamoto ... tracking artist: Hydraulx
Gregory Watkins ... flame compositor: Hydraulx
Grant Wilson ... visual effects artist
Hui-wen Wu ... visual effects artist
V. Samundeswari ... digital compositor: Hydraulx (uncredited)

Stunts

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Meegan Godfrey ... stunt double: Vanessa Hudgens
Raion Hill ... stunt double: 50 Cent
Mike Kincaid ... stunt pilot
Ray Lykins ... stunt coordinator
Meggin Penkal ... stunt double: Gia Mantegna
John Tamburro ... helicopter stunt pilot
Tom Waite ... stunt double: Nicolas Cage

Camera and Electrical Department

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Brian Adams ... still photographer
Charles A. Baird ... stills photographer
Michael K. Bergstrom ... electrician
Jesse Brunt ... aerial cinematographer
Joe Cassano ... dolly grip
Michael Collier II ... electrician
John T. Connor ... first assistant camera
Garret Curtis ... second assistant camera
April Frame ... digital loader
Gonzalo Gonzalez ... additional gaffer / best boy electric
Douglas S. Holgate ... aerial director of photography
George Ilutsik ... camera production assistant
Jacques Jouffret ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Greg Kern ... electrician
Cody Lawhorn ... camera production assistant
Brian Lizer ... electrician
Eric Lizer ... rigging best boy electrician
Travis Madden ... camera production assistant
Allen Parks ... gaffer
Steven L. Rychetnik ... camera operator: "b" camera
Charles Sears ... key video assist
Wells A. Smith ... key grip
Michael Svitak ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Raymond Thomas ... electrician
Tom Trainor ... grip
Sergio Villegas ... lighting technician
Steve Wolfe ... first assistant: "b" camera

Casting Department

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Stacy Boles ... casting assistant / extras casting
Wayne Morse ... casting associate
Morgan Robbins ... casting assistant
Deborah Schildt ... casting: Alaska / extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Andrée Fortier ... costume supervisor (as Andree Fortier)
Dena Matranga ... key costumer
Lauren Pietz ... assistant costume designer
Tess Weaver ... costumer
Amy Wolter ... wardrobe assistant

Location Management

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Dave Conway ... location manager
Loren Holmes ... location assistant
D.K. Johnston ... location assistant

Music Department

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Max Aruj ... music technical assistant
Mike Burns ... music supervisor
Joe Conte ... composer: additional music
David Paul Dorn ... music editor
Gary Dworetsky ... score technical assistant
Kelly Johnson ... music production coordinator
Andrew Kawczynski ... technical score engineer
Daniel Kresco ... score mixer
Snatch Magnet ... composer: additional music
Michael Wickstrom ... music clearance executive
Brian Jackson Harris ... composer trailer music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Mamie Mitchell ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Edward Anger ... driver
Randy Cantor ... transportation coordinator
Karen Casanovas ... transportation office assistant
Gordon DeWitt ... driver
Jeff Forsythe ... driver: cast
Lionel Gamez ... driver
Beau Holden ... security driver (Nicolas Cage)
Melody S. Jones ... driver: cast
Ed Mayo ... driver
Richard Norton ... driver: Ms Hudgens
Terry Quirk ... driver
Christopher Stovall ... driver

Additional Crew

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Robert Abramoff ... production legal
Bianca Arvin ... assistant: Mr. Cusack
Jeffrey Todd Brown ... stand-in for John Cusack
Mike Burns ... epk producer
Remington Chase ... aerial coordinator
Grant Cramer ... production executive: Envision Entertainment
Alex D'Lerma ... additional voices
Christian de Gallegos ... international distribution
Danielle Fischer ... payroll
Holly Victoria Furman ... director assistant (as Holly V. Furman)
Wade Hagen ... production accountant
Julie Hansen ... post production accountant
Kathryn Hensel ... travel coordinator (as Kathryn C. Galberth)
Douglas S. Holgate ... aerial stunt utility
Samantha Hollingsworth ... set production assistant
Alice Hunter-Vernazza ... researcher (as Alice Elizabeth Hunter)
Crystal Hymen ... additional voices
Mike Kincaid ... stunt pilot: aerial
Scott Kober ... studio teacher
Michael Kutyba ... helicopter pilot
Madisun Leigh ... assistant to producers
David Linck ... unit publicist
Traci Martin ... first assist accountant
Deanna Moore ... accounting clerk
Kat Mullaly ... described video
Jamie Nelson ... stand-in for Dean Norris / stand-in for Robert Forgit
Sarah O'Connell ... social media manager
Jay Osterman ... assistant: producer (as Jay William Osterman)
Scotty Owen ... assistant to producer (as Scott Owen)
Estevan Padilla ... set production assistant
Karen E. Pearson ... assistant production coordinator (as Karen Pearson)
Timothy Scott Ralston ... screening operations executive
Kelly Reiter ... dialect coach: prep
Rick Rosenthal ... production counsel
Andrew Schark ... second assistant accountant
Jordan Schaul ... animal behavior and welfare consultant / animal trainer
Matthew Shields ... set medic
Ryan Skorecki ... helicopter pilot
Christopher Corey Smith ... additional voices
Greg Snodgrass ... business and legal affairs: Grindstone Entertainment Group
Karen Strassman ... additional voices
Timothy C. Sullivan ... development executive
John Tamburro ... aerial coordinator
Joe Tapangco ... set production assistant
Darion Taylor ... office production coordinator: Envision Entertainment
Carrie Tyson ... production coordinator
Jessica Laurion ... volunteer (uncredited)
Joseph J. Pearlman ... acting coach (uncredited)

Thanks

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Rob Friedman ... thanks
Carolyn K. Robinson ... the producers wish to thank
Patrick Wachsberger ... thanks
Minna Walker ... very special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Alaska Trooper Jack Halcombe believes Robert Hansen is a serial killer who abducts young girls, tortures and sexually assaults them, then kills them. However, he doesn't have enough evidence to get a search warrant for Hansen's premises. he knows that one victim, Cindy Paulsen, somehow survived, so he decides to seek her help, but he finds that she's now a junkie with trust issues. Holcombe has to earn her trust; meanwhile, Hansen is still hunting and killing girls. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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Taglines The hunter becomes the hunted See more »
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Also Known As
  • Frozen Ground (United States)
  • Frozen Ground (Germany)
  • Suspect (France)
  • Caza al asesino (Spain)
  • Замръзнала земя (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 105 min
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Budget $27,220,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Scott Walker delayed shooting for 5 months so he could shoot on the cusp of fall, starting with no snow and ending in deep winter. He has said he literally wanted the feel of the weather closing in on the story, freezing the case. See more »
Goofs In the epilogue, set in 1983, a modern flat-screen TV (turned off) is on the wall at the airport. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Frozen Ground (2013). See more »
Soundtracks Deadlocked See more »
Crazy Credits The end credits begin with pictures and information about Hansen's known victims See more »
Quotes D.A. Pat Clives: We'll look these over, get back to you in a few days.
Jack Halcombe: You know, he stalks them like his next trophy animal, he rapes them and kills them. He is probably doing it right now. We don't have a few days!
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