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The Rich Man's Wife is a american film of genre Drama directed by Amy Holden Jones released in USA on 13 september 1996 with Halle Berry
The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
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Add to a movie listThe Rich Man's Wife is a 1996 American thriller film written and directed by Amy Holden Jones, and starring Halle Berry. The title character becomes a suspect when her husband is murdered and the investigating detectives are suspicious of her alibi.
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Josie Potenza is the trophy wife of workaholic Hollywood producer Tony Potenza, but their marriage is crumbling due to his increased drinking resulting from stress at work. She convinces him to join her for a romantic getaway at a secluded lakeside cabin, but when it becomes obvious his concerns about the studio are going to take precedence over relaxation, she grudgingly tells him to return home but decides to stay on her own for a few days.Actors
Halle Berry
(Josie Potenza)
Peter Greene
(Cole Wilson)
Clive Owen
(Jake Golden)
Christopher McDonald
(Tony Potenza)
Frankie Faison
(Detective Ron Lewis)
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