Dirty Tricks (1981)
A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).
- Released
- 1981-03-06
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alvin Rakoff, Thomas Gifford, Camille Gifford, William W. Norton
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Elliott Gould as Professor Chandler
- Kate Jackson as Polly Bishop
- Rich Little as Robert Brennan
- Arthur Hill as Professor Prosser
- John Juliani as Roselli
- Alberta Watson as Tony
- Mavor Moore as Mr. Underhill
- Nicholas Campbell as Bill Darcy
- Michael McNamara as Thorn
- Martin McNamara as Ozzie
- Angus MacInnes as FBI Agent Jones
- Michael Kirby as FBI Agent Wicklow
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