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The Deceivers (1988)
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
“How far can a man journey into darkness...and still find his way back?”
Adventure · 1h 42m
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
Cast
Pierce Brosnan
William Savage
Shashi Kapoor
Raja Chandra Singh
Saeed Jaffrey
Hussein
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Helena Michell
Sarah Wilson
Keith Michell
Colonel Wilson
David Robb
George Anglesmith
Tariq Yunus
Feringea
Jalal Agha
The Nawab
Gary Cady
Lt. Maunsell
Salim Ghouse
Piroo
Neena Gupta
Gopal's Wife
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Nayeem Hafizka
Sepoy
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Meyer
- Screenplay
- Michael Hirst
- Novel
- John Masters
- Director of Photography
- Walter Lassally
- Original Music Composer
- John Scott
- Editor
- Richard Trevor
- Producer
- Leon Falk, Ismail Merchant, Tim Van Rellim
Details
- Release date
- 1988-09-02
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi, Sanskrit, English
- Countries
- India, United Kingdom
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions, Michael White Productions, Cinecom Pictures, Master Film Productions, Film Four International
- Box office
- $346,297