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The Water Engine

Drama

TV Movie

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.

Date: 08/24/1992

Rating: 4.3

Cast: William H. Macy, Patti LuPone, Charles Durning, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Joanna Miles, Mike Nussbaum, Treat Williams, J.J. Johnston, David Mamet, Andrea Marcovicci, John Capodice, Peter Michael Goetz, Natalija Nogulich, Ricky Jay, Lucinda Jenney, Rebecca Pidgeon, Tim Farrell, Horton Foote Jr., Felicity Huffman, Hawthorne James, Sharon Watroba, Calvin Remsberg, Martin Sheen

William H. Macy