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Mary Jean is just dying to get in the movies… She's about to get her wish.
4.8
48 votes
November 16, 1984
1h 46m
Overview
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.
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Cast
Zoë Lund
Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
Eric Bogosian
Chris Neville
Brad Rijn
Keefe Waterman
Kevin O'Connor
Det. Lt. Philip DelroyBill Oland
Det. Vickers
H. Richard Greene
Leon GruskinSteven Pudenz
WiesanthalHeidi Bassett
Neville's Asst. DirectorJohn Woehrle
Studio ExecutiveKitty Summerall
Andrea's RoomateKris Evans
CosmeticianMike Alpert
Taxi Driver
Larry Cohen
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