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The Leading Man (1996)

R ★ 5.0/10 100 min Thriller United Kingdom English
Director: John Duigan
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Indecent. Immoral. Irresistible. It's the role he was born to play.

Description

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...

Top Cast

Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi Robin Grange
Anna Galiena
Anna Galiena Elena Webb
Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson Felix Webb
Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton Hilary Rule
Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries Humphrey Beal
David Warner
David Warner Tod
Patricia Hodge
Patricia Hodge Delvene
Diana Quick
Diana Quick Susan

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