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Tricks of the Trade (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 100 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Jack Bender
- Starring
- Cindy Williams, Chris Mulkey, Jack Nance, John Ritter, Armin Shimerman, Scott Paulin
After her picture‑perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute’s apartment, devastated Beverly Hills homemaker Catherine quickly resolves to bring his killer to justice. She forms an unlikely partnership with Marla, the Hollywood hooker who serviced the victim, and together they plunge into Los Angeles’s seedier underworld, using the caper’s twists to track down the murderer and close the case.
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