Special Effects (1984)
11/16/1984 (US) • 1h 46m
Mary Jean is just dying to get in the movies… She's about to get her wish.
Overview
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.
Top Billed Cast
Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein
Chris Neville
Keefe Waterman
Det. Lt. Philip Delroy
Det. Vickers
Leon Gruskin
Wiesanthal
Neville's Asst. Director
Studio Executive
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