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Deceived
Sign in to saveDeceived is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Damian Harris. The script was written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and rewritten by Bruce Joel Rubin. Goldie Hawn and John Heard star as a happily married couple whose lives are disrupted when secrets from the past are revealed. The film also marks the final screen appearance of veteran actress Beatrice Straight, who plays Adrienne's mother.
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5.8The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a car crash, his wife Adrienne tries to discover what he did on her own. She finds that she knew little about the man she was married to. The more she learns about her husband's possible illegal activities and double life, the more she places her daughter, and herself, in grave danger.
Cast
- Goldie Hawn as Adrienne
- John Heard as Jack
- Ashley Peldon as Mary
- Robin Bartlett as Charlotte
- Tom Irwin as Harvey
- Amy Wright as Evelyn
Themes
- bigamy
- intrigue
- stolen identity
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Deceived
- Film.image
- Deceived poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Damian Harris
- Film.music
- Thomas Newman
- Film.cinematography
- Jack N. Green
- Film.editing
- Neil Travis
- Film.distributor
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.runtime
- 104 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.gross
- $28.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 962429
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- publication date
- 1992-05-14
- title
- Deceived
- review score
- 40%
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Deceived is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Damian Harris. The script was written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and rewritten by Bruce Joel Rubin. Goldie Hawn and John Heard star as a happily married couple whose lives are disrupted when secrets from the past are revealed. The film also marks the final screen appearance of veteran actress Beatrice Straight, who plays Adrienne's mother.
==Plot== Adrienne Saunders is happily married to her art dealer husband, Jack. They have a daughter named Mary. After the local museum curator is mysteriously murdered, Jack falls under suspicion of selling forged treasures to the museum. Jack has to suddenly go to Boston on a work related trip, but Adrienne hears from a friend that she thought she saw Jack in town. Adrienne confronts him, but he denies being in town. As pressure mounts on Jack over a forged relic, Adrienne receives word from the police that Jack died in a car accident. In trying to wrap up Jack's affairs, Adrienne begins to suspect that her husband was not who he claimed to be. When she sees a high school yearbook picture of her husband attributed to a man named Frank Sullivan, she realizes that she has been deceived.