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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Lloyd Fonvielle (written by)
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Release Date:
21 August 1988 (USA) more
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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
User Comments:
Very good but a little confusing more (14 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Dead Can't Lie
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Rachel Carlyle: I'm gonna be VERY disappointed if I find out you're telling me the truth. more
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Very good but a little confusing, 9 December 1998
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Author: Mcthorpe from Nr. Liverpool, England

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."

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