title: Tennessee Waltz (film)
text: # Tennessee Waltz (film)
  
  Tennessee Waltz, also known as Tennessee Nights, is a 1989 American thriller film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, and Ed Lauter. It was adapted for the screen by Laird Koenig from the 1984 novel Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach.
  
  ## Premise
  
  A British lawyer on holiday in Tennessee is blamed for a murder.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Julian Sands as Wolfgang Leighton
  * Stacey Dash as Minnie
  * Ed Lauter as Sheriff Williams
  * Ned Beatty as Charlie Kiefer
  * Denise Crosby as Sally Lomas
  * Brian McNamara as Hewitt
  * Rod Steiger as Judge Prescott
  * Wallace Wilkinson as Record Producer
  * Johnny Cash as himself
  * David Hess as Hank
  * Gary Grubbs as District Attorney
  