Deceived (1991) on Netflix
PG-1319911h 44mCrimeDramaMystery
Adrienne Saunders's marriage to art dealer Jack Saunders holds until a museum curator is murdered and Jack is suspected of selling forged treasures. The police bring her word of a car accident.
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Plot summary
Adrienne Saunders is married to Jack, an art dealer, and they have a daughter named Mary. When the curator of a local museum is murdered, Jack comes under suspicion of having sold forged treasures to that museum. He leaves for Boston on business, and a friend of Adrienne's tells her she believes she saw Jack in town; when Adrienne confronts him, he denies it. While suspicion over a forged relic grows, the police tell her that Jack has died in a car accident. Settling his affairs, Adrienne finds signs that the man she married was not who he claimed to be.
Cast
- Charles Kassatlyas Waiter
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Deceived (1991)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Mary Agnes Donoghue wrote the first script, inspired by the idea of a safe middle-class life turning out to be a complete lie, but when she refused to make changes, Bruce Joel Rubin was brought in to rewrite it under the pen name "Derek Saunders".
- The 1991 thriller Deceived marked the final screen appearance of veteran actress Beatrice Straight, who played Adrienne Saunders's mother.
