• Film

The Deceivers

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Time Out says

Insecure young Englishman Savage (Brosnan) breaks colonial taboos by dyeing his skin to infiltrate the 'thuggees', a band of murderers dedicated to the goddess Kali. John Masters' novel is a great story, but the movie misses much of it. The opening set of clichés - a tiger hunt, a Gone With the Wind dance, a regimental wedding - give way to better film-making as the bizarre thuggery gets under way, but it's a case of too little too late for this shock-horror costume caper. Actors as powerful as Kapoor, Jaffrey and Keith Michell are reduced to hackneyed cameos, India looks like something out of a travel brochure, and blasting Hollywood-Viennese music ensures that we know it's a major motion picture.

Release Details

  • Duration:103 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Nicholas Meyer
  • Screenwriter:Michael Hirst
  • Cast:
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Saeed Jaffrey
    • Shashi Kapoor
    • Helen Michell
    • Keith Michell
    • David Robb
    • Tariq Yunus
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