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The Deceivers (1988)
director of photography:
Walter Lassally
cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Shashi Kapoor, Saeed Jaffrey, Helena Michell, Keith Michell, David Robb, Tariq Yunus, Jalal Agha
director:
Nicholas Meyer
running time:
102 min.
writer:
Michael Hirst
synopsis
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a Deceiver and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savages adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cults blood lust firsthand.
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a Deceiver and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savages adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cults blood lust firsthand.
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