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Deceptions is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Melville Shavelson released in USA on 29 september 1990 with Nicollette Sheridan
Deceptions (1990)
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Add to a movie listDeceptions is a 1990 drama film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Harry Hamlin and Robert Davi. It was directed by Ruben Preuss and written by Ken Denbow and Richard Taylor. The film received a nomination for a CableACE Award for "best international dramatic special or movie. AllRovi reviewer Linda Rasmussen called the film, "a remarkably predictable, non-erotic thriller with little to recommend it".
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Une enquête révèle qu'un homme a été tué par sa femme et l'amant de celle-ci pour encaisser la prime d'assurances. Mais cette dernière tente de s'en sortir en séduisant un des deux détectives, en couchant avec lui...Actors
Nicollette Sheridan
(Adrienne Erickson)
Harry Hamlin
(Nick Gentry)
Stefanie Powers
Robert Davi
(Jack 'Harley' Kessler)
Alison Doody
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