Deadly Illusion
“If the killer isn't really a killer... And the victim isn't really a victim... Why do people keep turning up dead?”
Synopsis
A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Steve MirkovichShot by Daniel PearlScored by Patrick Gleeson
Box Office
1987 · Box office
Grossed $627K worldwide
Worldwide gross
$627K
Also known as
- Tödliche Täuschungde
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Billy Dee Williams
as Hamberger
Vanity
as Rina
Morgan Fairchild
as Sharon Burton
John Beck
as Alex Burton
Joe Cortese
as Detective Paul Lefferts
Michael Wilding Jr
as Costillion
Dennis Hallahan
as Burton Impostor
Jenny Cornuelle
as Gloria Reid
Allison Woodward
as Nancy Costillion
Joe Spinell
as Crazy Man in Gun Bureau
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2Writers
1Producers
1Other crew
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