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Frauds (1993)

Frauds poster
Directed by
Stephan Elliott
Genre
crime comedy film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
M
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple accidentally kills a friend during a prank. A manipulative insurance investigator blackmails them over the incident.

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What happens

Frauds is a 1993 Australian thriller comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott and starring Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes. The film focuses on Roland Copping (Collins), a sociopathic insurance investigator who blackmails a married couple (Weaving and Byrnes) about the accidental killing of their friend during a prank gone wrong. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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