Deadly Intentions | |
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Genre | Crime Drama Thriller |
Written by | Andrew Peter Marin |
Directed by | Noel Black |
Starring | Michael Biehn Madolyn Smith Cloris Leachman Cliff DeYoung |
Theme music composer | Georges Delerue |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Allen S. Epstein Ray Green |
Producer | Neil T. Maffeo |
Cinematography | Reynaldo Villalobos Frank Watts |
Editors | David Blangsted Robert F. Shugrue |
Running time | 200 mins |
Production company | Lorimar Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 19, 1985 |
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