The Deadly Game
“If you lose, you may not play again.... ever.”
Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake trials and murder mysteries. At one year's party, an unwitting American becomes part of the game.
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George Schaefer Director · James Yaffe Writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt Author
United States release July 22, 1982 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Primetime Television Ltd., BBC Studios
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BBC Drama Group
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Primetime Television Ltd.
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BBC Studios
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · July 22, 1982
TV · HBO
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July 22, 1986 · TV · CBS (TV) (broadcast premiere)
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