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“That’s R. Carlos Nakai,” said Hans afterward.

Dan and Louise said good night to Mary and Hans and drove home. They watched part of a movie on television about a band of mountain climbers who because of an avalanche were forced to choose between taking a daring route to the top of the mountain or just forgetting it and returning to base camp.

“Are you snow-blind? It is madness,” said the scientist.

“If it is madness, then I am mad,” said the handsome leader.

“It is a madness that I share,” said the bold woman, who wore a furry white collar.

“Were it shared by the world, it would still be madness,” said the scientist.

Louise lay on the bed, working her shoes off with her toes. “Gee, I wonder what they’ll do,” she said.

“The scientist dies.”

(In order of appearance)
Dan Norman
county sheriff
 
 
Louise Darling
photographer’s assistant
 
 
Charles (Tiny) Darling
thief
 
 
Earl Kellogg, Jr.
senior deputy sheriff
 
 
Ed Aiken
junior deputy sheriff
 
 
Rollie Wilson
ambulance driver
 
 
Henry Hamilton
notary public
 
 
Jerry Tate
postal worker
 
 
Paul Francis
crop duster
 
 
Mrs. Thorsen
science teacher
 
 
Mary Montrose
Louise’s mother
 
 
Hans Cook
Mary’s beau
 
 
Heinz and Ranae Miller
Mary’s neighbors
 
 
Tim Thompson
barrel racer
 
 
Pete
martial artist
 
 
Perry Kleeborg
photographer
 
 
Maren Staley
apprentice
 
 
Johnny White
Independent candidate
 
 
Lisa White
divorcée
 
 
Megan and Stefan White
children
 
 
Howard LaMott
fire chief
 
 
Alvin Getty
grocer
 
 
Nan Jewell
matriarch
 
 
Mrs. Spees
pet dealer
 
 
Joan Gower
proselyte
 
 
Lenore Wells
sad woman
 
 
Quinn
abandoned infant
 
 
Albert Robeshaw
lead guitar, vocals
 
 
Claude and Marietta Robeshaw
Democrat farmers
 
 
Nancy McLaughlin
night administrator
 
 
Beth Pickett
ob-gyn doctor
 
 
Lu Chiang
student from Taiwan
 
 
Ron and Delia Kesslers
host family
 
 
Jocelyn Jewell
equestrian
 
 
Cheryl Jewell
heiress
 
 
June Montrose Green
Louise’s sister
 
 
Roman Baker
veterinarian
 
 
Jack White
horseman
 
 
Russell Ford
county supervisor
 
 
Pansy Gansevoort
airbrusher
 
 
Dianne Scheviss
airbrusher
 
 
Shannon Key
television reporter
 
 
Ronnie Lapoint
stock car driver
 
 
Beverly Leventhaler
county extension woman
 
 
Colette Sandover
tax evader
 
 
Bettina Sullivan
public defender
 
 
Father Zene Hebert
radio preacher
 
 
Marie Person
woman in pickup
 
 
Lindsey Coale
hairdresser
 
 
Larry Longhair
gambler
 
 
Dave Green
Colorado realtor
 
 
Frank Ray
billboard salesman
 
 
Grace Ray
passenger
 
 
Lee P. Rasmussen
county attorney
 
 
Tim Leventhaler
the Tile Doctor
 
 
Lydia Kleeborg
Perry’s late sister
 
 
Sheila Geer
police sergeant
 
 
Robin Otis
marriage couselor
 
 
Mrs. England
palm reader
 
 
Vince Hartwell
murder victim
 
 
Joseph Norman
Dan’s father
 
 
Ken Hemphill
Wildlife Court judge
 
 
Miles Hagen
token GOP candidate
 
 
Paula Kellogg
quilter
 
 
Carol and Kenneth Kennedy
camp owners
 
 
Alice Mattie
papergirl
 
 
Margaret Lynn Kane
mother of Quinn
 
 
Marnie Rainville
stripper

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