The Great Pretender

April. 14,1991      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.

Bruce Greenwood as  Earle Brattigan
Jessica Steen as  Kate Hightower
Gregg Henry as  Wilson Leer
Aharon Ipalé as  Panos Bratso
Paul Guilfoyle as  Martin Brinkman
H. Richard Greene as  Albert Eastlake
Robert Ito as  Hasamu Mochadomi
Elizabeth Hoffman as  Rose Outland
Gianni Russo as  Davey Desapio
Don Keith Opper as  Marco

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Reviews

SoTrumpBelieve
1991/04/14

Must See Movie...

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Stellead
1991/04/15

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Adeel Hail
1991/04/16

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Mandeep Tyson
1991/04/17

The acting in this movie is really good.

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