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12 January 1986 (UK)
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Another Fuzzy 1980's British movie
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charles Dance | ... | Paul Hatcher |
 | Ann Todd | ... | Mrs. Forbes-Duthie |
| Mark Rylance | ... | Gavin |
| Bill Shine | ... | From The Rear Window |
| Neville Phillips | ... | From The Rear Window |
| Paul McKenzie | ... | From The Rear Window |
| Ray Shell | ... | From The Rear Window |
| Francis Matthews | ... | Silver-Haired Gent |
| Stephen Ruff | ... | Mickey Rooney |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... | David Power |
| Sue Peacock | ... | Newscaster |
| Brian Glover | ... | Man in Brown |
| Chris Langham | ... | Detective |
| Phyllis Logan | ... | Anne |
| Anna Massey | ... | Nina |
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References Strangers on a Train (1951)
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I will be glad to add my views of this movie - as part of my "Charles Dance Collection". I researched to find his films, and have now seen a few, obscure, movies that puzzle me. This one qualifies for my puzzlement. Dance is a good actor, who got stuck in many fuzzy 80's movies that were attempts to be "art" - and missed the mark, in my opinion (see "Hidden City" or "Shortcut to Paradise"). First, the homage to Hitchcock just got distracting. Second, there were no sympathetic characters. Third, not enough meaningful talking, which is something I keep finding in 80's British movies (not that there aren't plenty of silly American movies from the same period, mind you...) - and I know not all movies can be Merchant and Ivory - but I keep thinking Dance could have made more of a mark on cinema if he had been more mainstream Hollywood or British - I would love to know what happened that he was not. Maybe he chose more stage than film? In any case, this one was a disappointment to me, even for my eclectic side.