White Sands is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, and starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mickey Rourke.

White Sands was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, and was released in the United States on April 24, 1992, by Warner Bros.

Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico Deputy Sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert.

Dolezal meets Lennox and his wealthy associate Lane Bodine and learns the money is to arm left-wing freedom fighters in South America.

The arms dealers demo the guns for Dolezal and Lennox but demand an additional $250,000 due to unforeseen expenses.

Meeker pushes the responsibility on Dolezal, who romances his way into Lane's life so she will attract rich humanitarian donors to fund the deal.

Meeker admits he took the $500,000 without authorization to steal it and capture Lennox at the same time, but Spencer lost his nerve and wanted out.

Dolezal left the original $500,000 he was suspected of stealing in the trunk of Lennox's car so the FBI would stop investigating him.

[5] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that the storyline was both predictable and, when Lennox is revealed to be a CIA agent, utterly confusing.

[7] Leonard Maltin gave the film two stars and called it "competently performed (even by Rourke) but with little else to distinguish it from dozens of its ilk”.