A Passage to Hell

Rick Prescuitti

Original 20 mins B&W 2003

Original low budget independent film noir short film, shot on 16mm . Jack, a long time insurance agent with an utterly ordinary life has got just the plan. But a little insurance fraud backfires when Jack's wife, Maggie, is murdered. Jack, finding himself a mere patsy of the insurance company Fisher & Cantor, does the only thing he can do: get out of town. Jack's hopes for a new life are dashed as he is relentlessly pursued by an enigmatic detective. What's worse, Jack begins to lose his grip on sanity as he finds that no matter where he goes, someone knows something about him. What is it about Jack's past that he cannot erase? And can a man run away from himself? Please note this piece requires a license.