Dirty Tricks
2000 · 162 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy, Crime, Drama
Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and hilarious path.
Directed by Paul Seed · Written by Nigel Williams
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James Bolam Moss -
George Potts Root -
Julie Graham Karen -
Neil Dudgeon Dennis -
Henry Goodman Thomas -
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Fabiano Martell Massimo -
Martin Marquez Garcia - K Kanako Morishita Kayoko
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Lindsay Duncan Alison -
Anna Popplewell Rebecca
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