Fleshtone

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Fleshtone
Fleshtone.jpg
UK DVD Cover
Directed by Harry Hurwitz
Written byScreenplay:
Harry Hurwitz
Idea:
Harry Hurwitz
Mark Stock
Produced byDavid Charles Sheldon
Starring Martin Kemp
Tim Thomerson
CinematographyVictor Petrashevic
Edited byEmily Paine
Music byZane Cronje
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Fleshtone is a 1994 film written and directed by Harry Hurwitz. [1]

Contents

Plot

A painter plays erotic games over the telephone with a woman. Her body is found mutilated but it may not be hers after all.

Principal cast

ActorRole
Martin Kemp Matthew Greco
Tim Thomerson Buddy Fields
Lise Cutter Jennifer Womak
Graham Armitage Dr. Sydney Frye
Suanne Braun Wendy Pollin

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