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Dirty Tricks
“Everyone here is crazy...everyone else is cracking up...in the hilarious comedy that casts off in total insanity!”
55%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
Dirty Tricks (1981) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Dirty Tricks (1981) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV repo… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Dirty Tricks 55% (2 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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55%
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Synopsis
A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1981-03-06
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 5.5
- TMDB ID
- 262842
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What is Dirty Tricks about?
A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Dirty Tricks?
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How long is the movie Dirty Tricks?
The official runtime for Dirty Tricks is approximately 95 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast
Elliott Gould
Professor Chandler
Kate Jackson
Polly Bishop
Rich Little
Robert Brennan
Arthur Hill
Professor Prosser
- J
John Juliani
Roselli
Alberta Watson
Tony
- M
Mavor Moore
Mr. Underhill
Nicholas Campbell
Bill Darcy
- M
Michael McNamara
Thorn
- M
Martin McNamara
Ozzie
Angus MacInnes
FBI Agent Jones
- M
Michael Kirby
FBI Agent Wicklow
Cindy Girling
Emily
- H
Hugh Webster
Mr. Darcy
- I
Irene Kessler
Mrs. Cohen
- E
Earl Pennington
Taxi Driver
- J
Joyce Campion
Mrs. Greenshields
- K
Ken Umland
Cameraman
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