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Drop Dead, Dearest (1978)

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (original title)
| Drama, Mystery | 8 September 1978 (Canada)
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A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty?

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Magdalene Kruschen
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Charles Kruschen
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Gershen Isen
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Tibor Zanopek
Cindy Girling ...
Pauline Corte
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George Weiller
Cec Linder ...
Chief Parker
Richard M. Davidson ...
Barrington (as Richard Davidson)
Miguel Fernandes ...
John MacGregor (as Miguel Fernández)
Michelle Fansett ...
Johanna Luger
Corinna Carlson ...
Angela Kruschen
Linda Sorensen ...
Cynthia
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Larry Solway ...
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Ned Conlon ...
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A woman is murdered and her millionaire husband is accused. But is he guilty?

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A bizarre love, a strange death.

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Left For Dead  »

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The film was listed in the UK as an official video nasty. It was eventually released (as "Drop Dead Dearest") in 1986 by Heron Video after 1 min 6 secs of BBFC cuts to edit shots of head blows and clubbings, and to shorten a scene of a woman's dead body being sexually caressed. See more »

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Boring courthouse crime drama with few nasty bits.
6 September 2012 | by (Chyby, Poland) – See all my reviews

Elke Sommer plays money-hungry model Magdalene who is married to wealthy Charles.However their marriage is on-the-rocks.Both of them hire killers to eliminate one another."I Miss You,Hugs and Kisses" by Murray Markowitz is based on a true story of Canadian murder of Christine Demeter.The film is cheaply made and deadly dull.The relationships between main characters are uninteresting and the film is ugly and dreary.Why it was classified as video nasty is beyond me.There are some nasty scenes of violence and different scenarios in which Magdalene is murdered.The nastiest bit is when serial killer stabs to death his victim and performs an act of necrophilia on her body.Not to mention Murray Markowitz's film boasts Howard Shore's first feature score and offers a bit of graphic sex.5 bloody bashings out of 10.Only for video nasty completists.
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