A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.
The Killing Time is a 1987 American thriller film directed by Rick King, starring Beau Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland. It was Sutherland's first role as a central character in an American film. It also features Kiefer's first wife, Camelia Kath.