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Separate Lives

Separate Lives

She hired him to watch her.

19954.71h 42m

Overview

Tom Beckwith has just quit his job as a police officer in order to study psychology. But his professor, Lauren Porter, is more interested in his criminology abilities than in his progress in psychology. Because of traumatic circumstances during her childhood she is suffering from multiple personality disorder, and it looks like her other ego may have killed someone. So Tom tries to help her by observing her, combining his professional abilities as an ex-cop and his recently gained knowledge of psychology.

Directed by David Madden
Written by Steven Pressfield
Produced by Mark Amin, Diane Nabatoff, Guy Riedel
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Top Cast

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi

Tom Beckwith

Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton

Lauren Porter / Lena

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Dr. Ruth Goldin

Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Ronni Beckwith

Drew Snyder

Drew Snyder

Robert Porter

Mark Lindsay Chapman

Mark Lindsay Chapman

Keno Sykes

Marc Poppel

Marc Poppel

Detective Joe Gallo

Elizabeth Arlen

Elizabeth Arlen

Dee Harris

Josh Taylor

Josh Taylor

Charles Duffy

K

Ken Kerman

Detective Boyle

Themes & Keywords

professorpsychologychildhood traumaex-copmurderpsychologistsingle fatherteacher student relationshipbeverly hillsmurder mysterycollege studentcriminologymultiple personality disorderschizophrenicformer police officerex policemanpsychology professor

About Separate Lives

Separate Lives is a thriller, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of professor, psychology, childhood trauma, ex-cop, murder, psychologist. Directed by David Madden, it stars Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Vera Miles. Tom Beckwith has just quit his job as a police officer in order to study psychology. But his professor, Lauren Porter, is more interested in his criminology abilities than in his progress in psychology. Because of traumatic circumstances during her childhood she is suffering from multiple personality disorder, and it looks like her other ego may have killed someone. So Tom tries to help her by observing her, combining his professional abilities as an ex-cop and his recently gained knowledge of psychology.

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