The Walker

The Walker

Everyone loves a good scandal.

R 2007 · 108 min · ★ 5.3 · Crime, Mystery, Drama

Carter Page III, a middle-aged gay man in Washington, D. C., is a "walker", a single man who escorts other men's wives to social events so the husbands do not have to. One of the women he escorts, Lynn Lockner, is the wife of a United States senator and is carrying on an affair with a lobbyist. When she finds the lobbyist murdered, she embroils Carter in an investigation that leads to the highest levels of the federal government.

Directed by Paul Schrader · Written by Paul Schrader

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Woody Harrelson Carter Page III
Kristin Scott Thomas Lynn Lockner
Lauren Bacall Natalie Van Miter
Ned Beatty Jack Delorean
Moritz Bleibtreu Emek Yoglu
Lily Tomlin Abigail Delorean
Willem Dafoe Larry Lockner
Mary Beth Hurt Chrissie Morgan
William Hope Mungo Tenant
Steven Hartley
Geff Francis
Garrick Hagon

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