Deceptions (TV 1985)Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results. |
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Deceptions (TV 1985)Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results. |
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| Stefanie Powers | ... |
Sabrina Longworth /
Stephanie Roberts
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| Barry Bostwick | ... |
Grant Roberts
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| Jeremy Brett | ... |
Bryan Foxworth
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| James Faulkner | ... |
Richard Blackwell
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| Sam Wanamaker | ... |
Jim Nolan
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| Fabio Testi | ... |
Carlo Ferraro
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| John Woodvine | ... |
Chief Inspector
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Joan Sims | ... |
Mrs. Thirkell
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| Fairuza Balk | ... |
Penny Roberts
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| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | ||
| Gina Lollobrigida | ... |
Princess Alessandra
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| Jeremy Miller | ... |
Mark Richards
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Christopher Rozycki | ... |
Dimitri Skolnikoff
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| Peter Woodward | ... |
Sergeant James
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Hugh Millais |
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Stephanie and Sabrina are twin sisters. Stephanie is a housewife, who doesn't seem content with her life, while Sabrina is a jetsetter who lives in London. They go to Venice for their birthday and they decide to see how the other's life is. So Sabrina goes to Stephanie's home and becomes mother to her children and wife to her husband Grant. Problem is that Stephanie is a little insecure of an attractive student who is always flaunting herself at Grant. While Stephanie enjoys Sarina's life until her sadistic boyfriend comes into the picture. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
This happens to be one of my favorite "trash wallows" as we used to call these expensive soapers in the '80s. Unfortunately, there aren't the budgets for TV movies that there used to be. Stefanie Powers is in her prime in this dual role of a plain Jane wife of a college teacher and her glamorous jet setting twin sister. The cast includes Sherlock Holmes himself, Jeremy Brett and none other than Gina Lollabrigida. Part of the movie takes place in Venice and it's glorious!
Deceptions embodies a certain '80s decadence for me - I love the scene on the yacht where all these hedonists are dancing to the Pointer Sisters. But my favorite is the night of the twins' birthday, celebrated in an Italian villa, where they dance to "Don't Let it Stop" and the shy sister starts to really get into it, juxtaposed against some nefarious doings outside the villa. It's great fun.