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Deceiver (UK title: Liar) is a 1997 American mystery film directed by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate, and starring Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette, Ellen Burstyn and Renée Zellweger.
Jan 30, 1998 · Deceiver: Directed by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate. With Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Renée Zellweger. A hooker is found cut in two. Two cops give polygraph tests to the only suspect, James Wayland (Tim Roth), an unstable genius. After some time, the roles change.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
- 1998-01-30
Deceiver (UK title: Liar) is a 1997 American mystery film directed by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate, and starring Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Michael Rooker, Rosanna Arquette, Ellen Burstyn and Renée Zellweger.
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man.
Braxton is a compulsive gambler who took insider information on a bet. His bookie found out, and threatens to harm his children if he doesn't pay up. We learn that Kennesaw started visiting prostitutes after discovering that his wife was having an affair.
As the three men engage in a battle of nerves, the story also introduces Ms. Zellweger as a nice girl whom Wayland meets at a peep show (she is flirty but not undressed) and Rosanna Arquette as...
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Synopsis. Reviews. 0 votes and 0 Reviews. Genre: Thriller. Walter Wayland ( Tim Roth) has lead a life that many would envy. The heir to a fortune, he was educated at Princeton and then took over...
