Dirty Tricks
Everyone here is crazy...everyone else is cracking up...in the hilarious comedy that casts off in total insanity!
1981 | 95m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Alvin Rakoff |
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| Writer: | Thomas Gifford, Camille Gifford, William W. Norton, Eleanor E. Norton |
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| A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop). | |
| Release Date: | Mar 06, 1981 |
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| Director: | Alvin Rakoff |
| Writer: | Thomas Gifford, Camille Gifford, William W. Norton, Eleanor E. Norton |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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| Production Companies | Filmplan International |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Elliott Gould | Professor Chandler |
| Kate Jackson | Polly Bishop |
| Rich Little | Robert Brennan |
| Arthur Hill | Professor Prosser |
| John Juliani | Roselli |
| Alberta Watson | Tony |
| Mavor Moore | Mr. Underhill |
| Nicholas Campbell | Bill Darcy |
| Michael McNamara | Thorn |
| Martin McNamara | Ozzie |
| Angus MacInnes | FBI Agent Jones |
| Michael Kirby | FBI Agent Wicklow |
| Cindy Girling | Emily |
| Hugh Webster | Mr. Darcy |
| Irene Kessler | Mrs. Cohen |
| Earl Pennington | Taxi Driver |
| Joyce Campion | Mrs. Greenshields |
| Ken Umland | Cameraman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jocelyne Bellemare | Makeup Artist |
| Hagood Hardy | Original Music Composer |
| Alan Collins | Editor |
| Earl G. Preston | Art Direction |
| Blanche Boileau | Costume Design |
| Michele Dion | Makeup Artist |
| Thomas Gifford | Screenplay, Novel |
| Camille Gifford | Screenplay |
| William W. Norton | Screenplay |
| Eleanor E. Norton | Screenplay |
| Alvin Rakoff | Director |
| Richard Ciupka | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pierre David | Executive Producer |
| Claude Héroux | Producer |
| Victor Solnicki | Executive Producer |
| Arnold Kopelson | Executive Producer |
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