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Dangerous Liaisons(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-12-21
72%
1269 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
Overview:
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $14,000,000.00
Revenue: $34,670,720.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Lorimar Film Entertainment
NFH Films
Movie: Dangerous Liaisons
Top 10 Billed Cast
Glenn Close
Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
John Malkovich
Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Michelle Pfeiffer
Madame Marie de Tourvel
Uma Thurman
Cécile de Volanges
Swoosie Kurtz
Madame de Volanges
Keanu Reeves
Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
Mildred Natwick
Madame de Rosemonde
Peter Capaldi
Azolan
Joe Sheridan
Georges
Valerie Gogan
Julie
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