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Robyn's Only Playing A Part... Everyone Else Is Playing For Real!

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ThrillerDrama

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Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate for the real girl who'd been murdered.

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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

01 June 1983

Country

United States of America

Cast

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Robyn Wallace

Gail Strickland

Gail Strickland

Jessica Brenner

Bruce Davison

Bruce Davison

Stuart Russell

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Doctor Bartlett

Terence Knox

Terence Knox

Eric Macklin

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

Murrey Haliday

Stacy Keach, Sr.

Stacy Keach, Sr.

Uncle Charles

Douglas Leonard

Douglas Leonard

Dr. Whitmyer

Patience Cleveland

Patience Cleveland

Aunt Louise

Julie Philips

Julie Philips

Elizabeth

Ann Gibbs

Ann Gibbs

Day Nurse

Dick Miller

Dick Miller

Producer

Walter Wood

Walter Wood

Director

Jerry Vaughn

Jerry Vaughn

Maintenance Man

Guy Remsen

Guy Remsen

Hospital Guard

Tony Miller

Tony Miller

Elizabeth's Father

BJ Davis

BJ Davis

First Burglar

Eddie Braun

Eddie Braun

Second Burglar

Jane Lillig

Jane Lillig

Landlady

Miriam Byrd-Nethery

Miriam Byrd-Nethery

Night Nurse

Patricia Lentz

Patricia Lentz

Hysterical Patient

Rebecca Robertson

Rebecca Robertson

Eric's New Girl

Joshua Gallegos

Joshua Gallegos

Orderly

Susann Akers

Susann Akers

Second Nurse

Douglas Manes

Douglas Manes

Movie Psycho

Omar Paxson

Omar Paxson

Sedated Patient

Jean Howell

Jean Howell

Elizabeth's Mother

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