Movie: Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Top 5 Billed Cast

Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette

Self

Teller
Teller

Self

Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch

Self

Alan Hunter
Alan Hunter

Self

Marc Garland
Marc Garland

The Chicken

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    Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends is a straight-to-video release by magicians Penn & Teller on Lorimar Home Video in 1987. The tape features seven different swindles or tricks that the home viewer can use to fool their friends. The tape was a companion piece to their best selling book of the same name. All of the tricks involve using a portion of the videotape.

  • Release Date

    1987-01-01

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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