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      An Occasional Hell

      R 1996 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 42% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score When a man having an affair is found dead, suspicion falls on his spouse, Elizabeth Laughton (Valeria Golino), a teacher at a nearby college. Knowing the best way to clear her name is to track down her husband's lover, she hires Ernest Dewalt (Tom Berenger), a cop who left the force due to medical reasons, who accepts the assignment as a means of escaping his own private problems. For Dewalt, the unusual use of an antique gun to kill Laughton's husband is the first sign that something is amiss. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Wow! Kari Wuhrer - what a woman! I can't remember much else about this. Sorry! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Any movie involving sexual prowess being thwarted by lack of kidneys deserves a place in the best of bad cinema category. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Half assed murder mystery. The cast acts as if they have a gun to there head, which is the only reason anyone would agree to do this movie. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Every Tom Berenger movie is An occasional hell. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting character for Berenger. Not that good a movie, though. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I did not really like this movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis When a man having an affair is found dead, suspicion falls on his spouse, Elizabeth Laughton (Valeria Golino), a teacher at a nearby college. Knowing the best way to clear her name is to track down her husband's lover, she hires Ernest Dewalt (Tom Berenger), a cop who left the force due to medical reasons, who accepts the assignment as a means of escaping his own private problems. For Dewalt, the unusual use of an antique gun to kill Laughton's husband is the first sign that something is amiss.
      Director
      Salomé Breziner
      Screenwriter
      Randall Silvis
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 1, 1999
      Runtime
      1h 36m