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Released
1997 · FILM

Deceiver

There are two sides to every lie.

Directed by
Runtime
106 min
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

The brutal death of a prostitute leads detectives Braxton and Kennesaw to suspect one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant but self-destructive heir to a textile fortune who also suffers from epilepsy. They take Wayland in for questioning, believing they can break him. However, despite his personal struggles, Wayland proves to be a skilled manipulator. During the interrogation, he turns the situation to his advantage, compelling the detectives to expose their own dark tendencies.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Dan LebentalShot by Bill ButlerScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by John D Kretschmer

Also known as

  • Liar - Scharfe Täuschungde
  • Scharfe Täuschungde
  • El impostores
  • Le Suspect idéalfr
  • L'impostoreit

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