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      Deadly Illusion

      R Released Oct 16, 1987 1h 30m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 14% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A private eye (Billy Dee Williams) hired to kill a man's wife (Morgan Fairchild) warns her instead and then finds both are impostors. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Audience Member There's a lot of vitriol listed here from people who judge this movie on the wrong merits. BDW channels his character from Fear City, plus this movie has some funny death scenes in it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Billy Dee Williams plays a smooth talking detective names Hamburger who delivers some great lines like, "You always scare me, but in that dress... you terrify me. " to his girlfriend, Vanity. Larry Cohen wrote the film and started as director, but was removed from the film partway through filming. I'm guessing the film would have been stronger if Cohen has remained director on the film, but there are enough quirks to the script to make it still an undeniable Cohen film. Like many of his film, he makes great use of NYC location shooting for the film and features a cast of good New York character actors like Joe Spinell and Daniel Pearl. You also have Morgan Fairchild and John Beck who nicely add to the films retro 80s vibe, which I also quite enjoyed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 56% "My name is Hamberger, please, no jokes about the name."-Hamberger (Billy Dee Williams) What ever you say Lando. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Billy Dee Williams did a great job. Morgan Fairchild was extremely hot! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Things don't work every time like Colt 45 did for Billy Dee here as a lot of people end up dead in this film where he plays a private detective set up to look like he was paid to kill a woman. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Smooth operator Billy Dee gets caught in a murder conspiracy. Peaks in opening scene shootout with Joe Spinell. Larry Cohen was replaced midway and it shows. Film's title will do little to distinguish itself from other video options. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A private eye (Billy Dee Williams) hired to kill a man's wife (Morgan Fairchild) warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.
      Director
      William Tannen, Larry Cohen
      Producer
      Michael Shapiro, Rodney Sheldon
      Screenwriter
      Larry Cohen
      Distributor
      Cinetel Films
      Production Co
      Pound Ridge Films
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 16, 1987, Original
      Runtime
      1h 30m
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