Movie · Thriller

Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special-effects expert for low-budget Hollywood movies. As gangster Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) prepares to testify in court against his former bosses, FBI agents, fearing Nicholas will be killed by the mob before he can take the stand, decide to fake his assassination. The agents hire Rollie to use his special-effects skills to make the murder look believable. Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy), a detective, steps in to investigate the murder.

1986 · 1h 48m
Director Robert Mandel

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Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special-effects expert for low-budget Hollywood movies. As gangster Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) prepares to testify in court against his former bosses, FBI agents, fearing Nicholas will be killed by the mob before he can take the stand, decide to fake his assassination. The agents hire Rollie to use his special-effects skills to make the murder look believable. Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy), a detective, steps in to investigate the murder.

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Studio
MGM
Released
1986
Run Time
1 hr 48 min
Rated
18+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1986 Orion Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), Russian (AAC)

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English (CC), English (United States) , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Hebrew , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.