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Deadly Illusion

5.519871h 30mRMovieDramaCrimeMystery

A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.

DirectorsLarry Cohen·William Tannen
WriterLarry Cohen
ProducerIrwin Meyer

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Cast · Directed by Larry Cohen

BWBilly Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams
Hamberger
VVanity
Vanity
Rina
MFMorgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild
Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
JBJohn Beck
John Beck
Alex Burton
JCJoe Cortese
Joe Cortese
Detective Paul Lefferts
MJ
Michael Wilding, Jr.
Costillion
DH
Dennis Hallahan
Burton Imposter
JC
Jenny Cornuelle
Gloria Reid
AW
Allison Woodward
Nancy Costillion
JSJoe Spinell
Joe Spinell
Crazy Man in Gun Bureau
HR
Harriet Rogers
Mrs. Bains
GLGeorge Loros
George Loros
Levante

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