The Player
May 08 1992
•2h 4m
•Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Cast
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Tim Robbins
Griffin Mill
Greta Scacchi
June Gudmundsdottir
Fred Ward
Walter Stuckel
Whoopi Goldberg
Detective Avery
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