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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Lloyd Fonvielle (written by)
Release Date:
21 August 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
Some Passions Can Be Deadly
Plot:
Eddie is a private detective. When a client asks him to help persuade his ex-wife to leave him alone... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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Very good but a little confusing more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Eddie Mallard |
 | Virginia Madsen | ... | Rachel Carlyle |
 | Colin Bruce | ... | Charlie Rand |
| Denise Stephenson | ... | Debbie |
| Kevin Jarre | ... | Tim |
 | Frederic Forrest | ... | Father George |
| J.B. White | ... | Jimbo |
| Michael Chapman | ... | Landlord |
| Alec Willows | ... | Bartender |
| Jack Cheley | ... | Grandfather |
| Peter Jobin | ... | Doorman |
| Michael Villella | ... | Cop (as Michael Villela) |
| David Cryer | ... | Waiter |
| Molly Johnson | ... | Female Singer |
| Hugh McCarten | ... | Piano Player |
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Also Known As:
The Dead Can't Lie
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98 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Rachel Carlyle:
Whatever they tell you about me is true. I'm worse than you can imagine. But don't ever say you didn't know.
Eddie Mallard:
I don't know anything any more. I don't know what I'm doing.
Rachel Carlyle:
You chose me. And you'll go on choosing me, as awful as it gets.
Eddie Mallard:
Why will I do that?
Rachel Carlyle:
Because you love me. Because YOU love ME.
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Soundtrack:
Every Step of the Way more
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This film was probably better if viewed when it is not one a.m. in the morning but the BBC in their wisdom decided to relegate a classy film like this to the slot around midnight. In fact if it had not been on straight after Highlander I probably would not have watched it. If I hadn't I would have missed a treat. Tommy Lee Jones was at his brilliant best as the private dick hired to find a man's dead wife. I did miss a bit in the middle which did not help but I was a little confused for quite a while about who was and who was not dead. Maybe that was the entire point of the film. But the film does carry an important message "The dead can't lie. It's something I've learnt."