Cast a Deadly Spell

Movie

1991

1h 36m

English

TV Movie, Mystery, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

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6.2

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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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Cast a Deadly Spell

Movie

1991

1h 36m

English

TV Movie, Mystery, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

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Watch on HBO (Via Hulu)

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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6.2

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Cast

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Fred Ward

Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft

Amos Hackshaw

Connie Stone

Harry Bordon

Olivia Hackshaw

Det. Morris Bradbury

Hypolite Kropotkin

Tugwell

Det. Otto Grimaldi

Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar

Amber Peru

Owl Wagon Manager

Zombie

Crooner

Thadius Pilgrim

Butler Meadows

Werewolf

Boy #2

Bartender

Gargoyle

Boy #1

Band Leader

Mickey Locksteader

Little Girl

Owl Wagon Cook

Directed By: Martin Campbell

Written By: Joseph Dougherty

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Buck Flower Sings says...

5 years ago

1940s horror noir, set in a Lovecraftian world, with magic, gangsters, gremlins, and zombies on the loose, Fred Ward as Detective Lovecraft.... I mean, all of these things in any 1 movie, it's amazing it's not just a dream made up, but no, it's real, and it's extremely more entertaining than any one movie with all those descriptions should be! Great matte painting backdrops, beautiful sets, a whole slew of great actors. The plot gets a little thin towards the end but it's super fun to watch, and you can tell everyone had a good time making it. 7.25 / 10. I had no idea Martin Campbell also directed the amazing Edge of Darkness series.

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Matt Golden

6 years ago

The year: 1948. Magic is everywhere, the hallmark of progress. Hardboiled gumshoe Philip Lovecraft is a PI for hire, but his latest case, a search for a missing book called “The Necronomicon,” leads him down darker alleys than he’s ever traversed before, filled with black magic and hideous cre More

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

I guess the sequel to this is Witch Hunt, which I loved, and saw BEFORE Cast a Deadly Spell.

It doesn't much matter only instead of the guy Dennis Hopper, you got Fred Ward, who is probably known to everyone as either "That guy from the Right Stuff" or "Remo Williams."

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