The Five Forty-Eight
7.5
An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him and forces him to confront the squalor of his life.
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Cast
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Laurence Luckinbill
John Blake
Known for
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Cocktail
Mary Beth Hurt
Jane Dent
Known for
The World According to Garp
D.A.R.Y.L.
Terrence McNally
James Ivory
Andrzej Bartkowiak
J Stephen Fairchild
Laurinda Barrett
Louise Blake
Known for
A Perfect Murder
The Wrong Man
John Cheever
Jac Venza
Philip Scher
Charlie Blake
Peter Weinberg
Dale Hodges
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The Mastermind
Artworks
James Ivory Director · John Cheever Author Jonathan Tunick Composer
United States release November 26, 2002 · Produced in United States · Production THIRTEEN
Production
Broadway Theatre Archive
Production
THIRTEEN
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 7, 1979
TV · PBS
United States · November 26, 2002
Physical · DVD
Belgium
July 16, 1981 · Flemish speaking region
Netherlands
January 5, 1981
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