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The Deceivers (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
India ( India, Eastern Asia )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nicholas Meyer

Written By:
John Masters
Michael Hirst

Actors:
Pierce Brosnan ..... William Savage
Shashi Kapoor ..... Raja Chandra Singh
Saeed Jaffrey ..... Hussein
Helena Michell ..... Sarah Wilson
Keith Michell ..... Colonel Wilson
David Robb ..... George Anglesmith
Tariq Yunus ..... Feringea
Jalal Agha ..... The Nawab
Gary Cady ..... Lt. Maunsell
Salim Ghouse ..... Piroo
Neena Gupta ..... Gopal's Wife
Nayeem Hafizka ..... Sepoy
Bijaya Jena ..... Harlot
H.N. Kalla ..... The Nawab Servant
Kammo ..... Official

Synopsis:

An undercover East India Company agent (Pierce Brosnan) and a native (Saeed Jaffrey) expose the Thugs in circa-1825 India.

Shortly after killing a tiger in 1825 British India, William Savage gets married to Sarah, the daughter of his commanding officer, Colonel Wilson. While preventing Gopal's widow from killing herself in accordance with the Hindu rite of 'Sati', he inadvertently comes across some wealthy people getting killed by thugs. With the help of Raja Chandra Singh, he discovers recently buried corpses and asks Wilson to get this investigated further, but is turned down, consistent with the British legacy of 'Do Nothing, Have Nothing Done, and Let No One Do Anything', and is pressurized to raise taxes. He then arrests a number of people, including Hussein, he believes to be thugs and holds them in a cell. He is compelled to release them after Wilson's instructions, as well as his transfer is arranged to another location. Before that could happen, he enlists the help of Hussein, changes his appearance, calls himself Gopal and joins the gang - consisting of both Hindus and Muslim - who are devotees of Devi Maa Kaali. He meticulously notes down details of their victims as the gang carries out it gruesome tasks with impunity. Slowly he starts to realize that he may well be under Maa Kaali's influence after eating Gurd - consecrated sugar -; strangling the real Gopal, as well as being intimate with a courtesan. More shocks are in store for him when he finds out that the British turn a Nelson's eye to the gangs' crimes for a bribe, as well as he may well be accused of being an 'approver'.

Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 30 November, 2016.

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