Flesh and Bone is a 1993 American neo noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Steve Kloves that stars Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and James Caan.

[2] A rural Texas family finds a mute boy in their front yard.

The boy reluctantly nods, and his father goes upstairs to kill the family's young son, leaving only their crying baby alive.

Both Arlis and his father eventually realize that Kay was the baby that survived Roy's massacre.

As she explores the fields with Ginnie, Roy taunts Arlis about not having the stomach to shoot him.

He says he has to kill Kay because she is a loose end, and Arlis will not stop him because they are "flesh and bone".

[citation needed] Producer Mark Rosenberg died of a heart attack suffered on the film's location in Stanton, Texas.

[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.