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Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.
Expect a playful, campy collision between cozy mystery tropes and surreal hallucinations. A quiet novelist finds his sanity slipping as his hard-boiled fictional detective begins haunting his actual reality.
Director
Mel Damski
Cast
Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne, Celeste Holm, Jonathan Moore, Martin Neufeld, Michael Copeman, Bunty Webb, Eric Keenleyside
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Murder by the Book
You can stream Murder by the Book (1987) on fuboTV with a subscription.
Director
Mel Damski
Cast
Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne, Celeste Holm, Jonathan Moore, Martin Neufeld, Michael Copeman, Bunty Webb, Eric Keenleyside
6 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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