Indiscreet (1998 film)

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Written byVladimir Nemirovsky
Directed byMarc Bienstock
Starring Luke Perry
Gloria Reuben
Music bySteven M. Stern
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMarc Bienstock
Lindsay Chag
EditorIvan Ladizinsky
Running time100 minutes
Original release
ReleaseAugust 28, 1998 (1998-08-28)

Indiscreet (1998) is a thriller TV movie starring Luke Perry and Gloria Reuben.

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Plot

Zachariah Dodd, a rich lawyer, hires Michael Nash (played by Luke Perry),a private investigator, to obtain evidences that is wife, Eve Dodd (played by Gloria Reuben) is unfaithful so he can divorce her. Michael Nash discovers instead that Eve is rather physically abused by her husband and has committed no adultery. She attempts to commit suicide to escape from the torments of her marriage by drowning herself naked into the sea. Michael rescues Eve and became her lover. The two begin secretly a love affair.

One night, Eve accidentally shoots her husband dead. Michael proposes his help to Eve to cover her and avoid being suspected for her husband's death.

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