Praying Mantis

6.3 1982 113 min
Romance Drama Crime TV Movie

A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.

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Director
Jack Gold
Writer
Philip Mackie

Cast

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Jonathan Pryce Christian Magny
Cherie Lunghi Beatrice Manceau
Carmen du Sautoy Vera Canova
Kevin McNally Bernard
David Schofield Cafe Waiter
Clive Swift Dr. Faure
Jonathan Blake David
Anna Cropper Gertrude
Sarah Berger Madeleine
Richard Warner Monsieur Magny
Margaret Ward Madame Magny
Arthur Brauss Richter
Friedrich von Thun Insurance Director
John Bryans Dubreuil
Barbara Young Solicitor's Secretary
Gordon Kane Sound Technician
Douglas Wilmer Maitre Fleury
Derek Smith Maitre Chardois

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