The Player(1992)
Now More Than Ever!
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Movie: The Player
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Griffin Mill
June Gudmundsdottir
Walter Stuckel
Detective Avery
Larry Levy
Joel Levison
Bonnie Sherow
David Kahane
Andy Civella
Tom Oakley
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