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An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.


“Last night he fell in love with her. Today he's being framed for murder. Only she could save him... And she has disappeared.”
An architect goes to bed with a seductive stranger only to awaken beside the corpse of his boss.

James Brolin
Cliff Murphy

Meg Foster
Sara Rudnick

Dorothée Berryman
Juliet Powell

June Chadwick
Mrs. Chambers

Brett Halsey
Ken Updike
Isabelle Truchon
Jennifer
Robert Morelli
Steve Howe
Terrence Labrosse
Mr. Chambers
Norris Domingue
Stanley

Bronwen Mantel
Judge
Back Stab is a crime, thriller film released in 1990 exploring themes of architect, montreal, canada, fugitive, framed for murder, murder plot. Directed by Jimmy Kaufman, it stars James Brolin, Meg Foster, Dorothée Berryman. An architect goes to bed with a seductive stranger only to awaken beside the corpse of his boss.
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