Edward fancies himself to be a cunning manipulator, but is so tragically self-deluded that he can't see he's being used by his wealthy friends as a sex-tool and a dupe. Banality ensues.
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Title: Dirty Tricks (TV Movie 2000)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Martin Clunes | ... | Edward | |
| James Bolam | ... | Moss | |
| George Potts | ... | Root | |
| Julie Graham | ... | Karen | |
| Neil Dudgeon | ... | Dennis | |
| Henry Goodman | ... | Thomas | |
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Matt Bardock | ... | Clive Phillips |
| Fabiano Martell | ... | Massimo | |
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Martin Marquez | ... | Garcia |
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Kanako Morishita | ... | Kayoko |
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | Alison | |
| Anna Popplewell | ... | Rebecca | |
| Neville Phillips | ... | Vicar | |
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Robin Griffith | ... | Welsh Flunkey |
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Barbara Kirby | ... | Registrar |
Dirty Tricks stars Martin Clunes, who plays an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Although Edward can be charming and thoughtful, this camouflages an underlying calculating liar and manipulator. And although things are going great financially for Edward at the moment, he is under suspicion by a local CID inspector after a couple of murders in the area. An innocent dinner invitation by his friend and his wife triggers a series of events which lead our hero, Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.
The UK DVD only runs for 1 hour and 41 minutes or thereabouts The Region 1 DVD is longer, but nothing compares to the runtime quoted on IMDB. A shame we can't see the full version any more.