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Cast a Deadly Spell

Year:

1991

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Martin Campbell

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1991-09-07

Filming Locations: Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Julianne Moore

Cast a Deadly Spell

George P. Wilbur

Fred Ward

Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft

David Warner

Amos Hackshaw

Clancy Brown

Harry Bordon

Alexandra Powers

Olivia Hackshaw

Charles Hallahan

Det. Morris Bradbury

Arnetia Walker

Hypolite Kropotkin

Raymond O'Connor

Tugwell

Peter Allas

Det. Otto Grimaldi

Lee Tergesen

Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar

Ritch Brinkley

Owl Wagon Manager

Jaime Cardriche

Zombie

John De Bello

Coroner

David Downing

Thadius Pilgrim

Colin Drake

Butler Meadows

James Eustermann

Werewolf

Bradley James

Boy #2

Scott Lincoln

Bartender

Michael Reid MacKay

Gargoyle

Robert Mickelson

Boy #1

Becky Mullen

Amber Peru

Curt Sobel

Band Leader

Ken Thorley

Mickey Locksteader

Lana Underwood

Little Girl

Kevin Weaver

Owl Wagon Dishwasher

Barron Christian

Snoring Mobster (uncredited)

Brian Penikas

Oatmeal Monster (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The Nightclub owned by Harry Bordon is called The Dunwich Rooms, a reference to H P Lovecraft's famous story The Dunwich Horror.

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Amos (David Warner) Hackshaw refers to his butler as Meadows, which implies that the man has a respectable history to him. Servants are usually addressed by their first names; only those who had a "respectable" earlier career (such as a teacher) are addressed by their surnames.

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The whole plot and many of the monsters are taken from the works of H.P. Lovecraft. That's why Fred Ward's character has his name too.

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Goofs

The guide wire on the oatmeal demon is visible as it flies to attack the restaurant manager.

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The bedroom in Connie Stone's 1948 house appears to have a round smoke detector immediately to the upper left of the door.

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Quotes

Connie Stone: Dammit, Phil, everybody's gotta compromise!

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Bradbury: [examining a voodoo doll] Time was you had to look a man in the eye before you could kill him. You owed him that.