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Deceiver

There are two sides to every lie.

1997 · R · 1h 46m

Directed by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate

6.0

TMDB audience score
147 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

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Cast

  • Tim Roth
    James Walter Wayland

  • Michael Rooker
    Detective Edward Kennesaw

  • Renée Zellweger
    Elizabeth

  • Chris Penn
    Detective Phillip Braxton

  • Rosanna Arquette
    Mrs. Kennesaw

  • Karina Logue
    Sorority Girl

  • Ellen Burstyn
    Mook

  • Tamara Mercer
    Misty

  • Michael Parks
    Dr. Banyard

  • Don Winston
    Warren

  • Mark Damon
    Wayland’s Father

  • J.C. Quinn
    Priest