Deception
A jaded corporate auditor infiltrates an elite underground sex club to satisfy his curiosity, only to discover a deadly web of lies that threatens to destroy his career and life.
“When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game.”
Synopsis
Jonathan McQuarry is a corporate auditor who frequently moves between various offices, drifting without a fixed base among New York's influential circles. He encounters Wyatt Bose, a charismatic lawyer, who introduces him to The List, an underground sex club. There, Jonathan begins an affair with a woman identified only as S, who leads him into a realm of deception and violence.
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Principal cast & crew: 21
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Edited by Douglas CriseShot by Dante SpinottiScored by Ramin DjawadiDesigned by Patrizia Von Brandenstein
Box Office
2008 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$18.0M
Opening week (7-day): $3.1M
Peak 2,001 theaters
Also known as
- Deception - Tödliche Versuchungde
- Manipulationfr
- Sex List - Omicidio a treit
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Hugh Jackman
as Wyatt Bose
Ewan Mcgregor
as Jonathan McQuarry
Michelle Williams
as S
Bruce Altman
as Lawyer #1
Michelle Williams Nm0931329
as S
Andrew Ginsburg
as Lawyer #2
Stephanie Roth Haberle
as Assistant Controller
Christine Kan
as Tennis Player
Dante Spinotti
as Mr. Moretti
Karolina Muller
as Waitress
Agnete Oernsholt
as Woman at Waldorf Astoria
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4Other crew
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