Cast a Deadly Spell
Bullets! Demons! The end of the world! Can’t hold a man like this!
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9/7/1991Runtime
96 minsOverview
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$6,000,000Revenue
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A tongue-in-cheek noir pastiche where Lovecraftian horror collides with hardboiled detective tropes in a magical 1940s speakeasy underworld. It's pulpy, darkly comic fun that never takes itself seriously.
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Fred Ward
Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft
David Warner
Amos Hackshaw
Julianne Moore
Connie Stone
Clancy Brown
Harry Bordon
Alexandra Powers
Olivia Hackshaw
Charles Hallahan
Det. Morris Bradbury
Arnetia Walker
Hypolite Kropotkin
Raymond O'Connor
Tugwell
Peter Allas
Det. Otto Grimaldi
Lee Tergesen
Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar
Becky Mullen
Amber Peru
Ritch Brinkley
Owl Wagon Manager
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