The Leading Man

Dec 12, 1996

1h 40m

★ 5.0

Indecent. Immoral. Irresistible. It's the role he was born to play.

Overview

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

J&M Entertainment

BMG Independents

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Cast

Robin Grange

Jon Bon Jovi

Elena Webb

Anna Galiena

Felix Webb

Lambert Wilson

Hilary Rule

Thandiwe Newton

Humphrey Beal

Barry Humphries

Tod

David Warner

Delvene

Patricia Hodge

Susan

Diana Quick

Liz Flett

Harriet Walter

Academy Awards Presenter

Nicole Kidman

Henry

Tam Dean Burn

Serena

Claire Cox

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