Overview:
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.| Status: | Released (1991-09-07) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Joseph Dougherty |
| Productions: | Pacific Western, HBO Films, HBO |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 10430: Fred Ward - Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
- 2076: David Warner - Amos Hackshaw
- 1231: Julianne Moore - Connie Stone
- 6574: Clancy Brown - Harry Bordon
- 131183: Alexandra Powers - Olivia Hackshaw
- 15414: Charles Hallahan - Det. Morris Bradbury
- 122936: Arnetia Walker - Hypolite Kropotkin
Crews
- 5508: Nelson Coates - Art Direction - Art
- 1852734: Richard F.W. Davis - Sound Effects Editor - Sound
- 1345595: Scott Millan - Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Sound
- 228253: Thomas E. Surprenant - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 3105: Richard Portman - Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Sound
- 75243: Larry Stensvold - Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Sound
- 13469: Jon Bunker - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Matt Golden
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The year: 1948. Magic is everywhere, the hallmark of progress. Hardboiled gumshoe Philip Lovecraft is a PI for hire, but his latest case, a search for a missing book called “The Necronomicon,” leads him down darker alleys than he’s ever traversed before, filled with black magic and h ....
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I guess the sequel to this is Witch Hunt, which I loved, and saw BEFORE Cast a Deadly Spell. It doesn't much matter only instead of the guy Dennis Hopper, you got Fred Ward, who is probably known to everyone as either "That guy from the Right Stuff" or "Remo Williams." And I gr ....
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