Mirage

Mirage

RUN... Right Into Her Arms... Perhaps She'll Lead You to Your Lost Secret... Or Into the Arms of Peril!

1965 · 109 min · ★ 7.1 · Mystery, Thriller

After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk · Written by Peter Stone

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Gregory Peck David Stillwell
Diane Baker Shela
Walter Matthau Ted Caselle
Robert H. Harris Dr. Broden
Kevin McCarthy Sylvester Josephson
Leif Erickson The Major
Walter Abel Charles Stewart Calvin
George Kennedy Willard
Jack Weston Lester
Anne Seymour Frances Calvin
House Jameson Bo
Hari Rhodes Lt. Franken

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