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5.4/10   312 votes
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Director:
John-Paul Davidson
Writers:
Patrick McGrath (novel) &
Patrick McGrath (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 March 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Beneath the surface of respectability lies the shadow of our darker side.
Plot:
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Hey! It's sleeping pills in celluloid form! more (8 total)

Cast

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Alan Bates ... Sir Hugo Coal

Theresa Russell ... Lady Harriet Coal

Sting ... Fledge

Lena Headey ... Cleo Coal
Jim Carter ... George Lecky
Anna Massey ... Mrs. Giblet

Trudie Styler ... Doris
Maria Aitken ... Lavinia Freebody
James Fleet ... Inspector Limp

Steven Mackintosh ... Sidney Giblet

John Mills ... Sir Edward Cleghorn
Chris Barnes ... Johm Lecky
Timothy Kightley ... Harbottle
Richard Durden ... Sykes-Herring
Nick Lucas ... Hubert Cleggie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (USA)
Grave Indiscretion (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and some gore.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Lady Giblet: It will be assumed that a man who could stumble across a dead body and feed it to his pigs is a man who could kill. We tend to lose the fine distinction when it comes to such things. more

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Hey! It's sleeping pills in celluloid form!, 3 September 1999
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Author: DM-19 from England



I like the premise of this film, a butler worming his way into the family to gain their inheritance, but the execution lacks any excitement, tension or even passion that it should.

Sting fails to capture any real nastiness about himself, the cinematography is DULL and the really leaden script doesn't do any justice to the fine Patrick McGrath novel.

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