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The Magician (1993)

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Film details

Featuring

Jay Acovone Clive Owen Jeremy Kemp
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1993
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama based on a true story. In the early 1980s, while Scotland Yard was masterminding its response to the IRA's biggest mainland bombing campaigns, a covert operation was also taking place trying to find the source of the most perfect counterfeit currency ever produced.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - David Katz
    
    Jay Acovone
  - Det.Con George Byrne
    
    Clive Owen
  - The Magician
    
    Jeremy Kemp
  - Herbie
    
    Peter Howitt
  - Des Hibbert
    
    Philip Mcgough
  - Frances Katz
    
    Jennifer Calvert
  - Claire
    
    Jennifer Ness
  - Tony Palmer
    
    Peter Jonfield
  - Leonard Cox
    
    Walter Sparrow
  - The Hypnotist
    
    Edward Tudor-Pole
  - IRA man
    
    Seamus Newham
  - Det Chief Supt Gration
    
    John Turner
  - Louisa Katz
    
    Brittany Nagle
  - Chivers
    
    Jim Bannon
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Terry Winsor
  - Production Company
    
    LWT
  - Producer
    
    Jeff Pope
  - Script
    
    Jeff Pope
  - Script
    
    Terry Winsor

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