The Leading Man

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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...

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Thriller

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

John Duigan

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Company:

J&M Entertainment,

BMG Independents

Cast:
Jon Bon Jovi

Robin Grange

Anna Galiena

Elena Webb

Lambert Wilson

Felix Webb

Thandiwe Newton

Hilary Rule

Barry Humphries

Humphrey Beal

Crew:
John Duigan

Director

Virginia Duigan

Writer

Edward Shearmur

Original Music Composer

Jina Jayawardena

Casting

Christopher Ackland

Supervising Sound Editor