Lies

"Robyn's Only Playing A Part... Everyone Else Is Playing For Real!"

1983 1h 40m EN

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4.6

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★4.6TMDB · 10

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Synopsis

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Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate for the real girl who'd been murdered.

“Robyn's Only Playing A Part... Everyone Else Is Playing For Real!”

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Cast

Ann Dusenberry
Robyn Wallace
Gail Strickland
Jessica Brenner
Bruce Davison
Stuart Russell
Clu Gulager
Doctor Bartlett
Terence Knox
Eric Macklin
Bert Remsen
Murrey Haliday
Stacy Keach Sr.
Uncle Charles
Douglas Leonard
Dr. Whitmyer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jim Wheat
Writers: Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jim Wheat, shot by Robert Ebinger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marc Donahue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Ann Dusenberry and Gail Strickland and Bruce Davison carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Robyn's Only Playing A Part... Everyone Else Is Playing For Real!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0085846 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jim Wheat directs. Robert Ebinger behind the camera. Marc Donahue scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Jim Wheat, shot by Robert Ebinger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Marc Donahue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Ann Dusenberry and Gail Strickland and Bruce Davison carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Robyn's Only Playing A Part... Everyone Else Is Playing For Real!".
6IMDB entry: tt0085846 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.