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The Leading Man

50.48% | Dec 12, 1996
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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...

Top Billed Cast

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Jon Bon Jovi
Robin Grange
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Anna Galiena
Elena Webb
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Lambert Wilson
Felix Webb
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Thandiwe Newton
Hilary Rule
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Barry Humphries
Humphrey Beal

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John Duigan
Director
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Virginia Duigan
Writer
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Julia Palau
Executive Producer
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Peter McAleese
Line Producer
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Bertil Ohlsson
Producer
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Paul Raphael
Producer
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Michael Ryan
Executive Producer
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Edward Shearmur
Original Music Composer
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Jean-François Robin
Director of Photography
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Humphrey Dixon
Editor
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Jina Jayawardena
Casting
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Caroline Hanania
Production Design

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