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Overview

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4.6/10   324 votes
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Director:
Bernard Rose
Writer:
David Yallop (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 July 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
When desire has no limits... Fantasies become dangerous realities!
User Comments:
Not quite good enough to be called mediocre more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Lahr ... Radio commentator
Emily Lloyd ... Betty Jones
Liz Fraser ... Mrs. Evans

Kiefer Sutherland ... Karl Hulten
Harry Fowler ... Morry
Keith Allen ... Lenny Bexley
Patsy Kensit ... Joyce Cook
Angela Morant ... Customer
John Surman ... Mr. Cook
Janet Dale ... Mrs. Cook
John Dair ... John
Stephen Hancock ... Doctor
Hugh Millais ... U.S. colonel
Harry Jones ... Taxi driver
Alexandra Pigg ... Violet
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Spain:13
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more
Company:
BSB more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Despite director Bernard Rose's frequent claims during the UK publicity campaign for the film that it was "the greatest British film ever made," the film was not only a major flop but one of the worst reviewed films of the year. more
Movie Connections:
Features Double Indemnity (1944) more
Soundtrack:
Sing Sing Sing with a Swing more

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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Not quite good enough to be called mediocre, 16 March 2007
4/10
Author: AlanSquier from United States

I've been watching quite a few ho-hum films lately and this one doesn't quite reach even that status.

We are first assured that this movie is 100% factual, and I guess it came close. I see how the story of a criminal couple on a short crime spree sold tabloid newspapers, but it just didn't make an interesting movie. It aspires to a forties look, but is too ninetiesh for me.

The acting is okay, but no outstanding performances. Directing...well, not very good. Scrept's sorta blah.

There's maybe one good though lurid scene in this and that isn't enough to make sitting through the movie to see.

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