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Killjoy

Killjoy

19817.91h 36mNR

Overview

A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctors engage in a move-and-countermove rivalry over Laury Medford. It may be more than Laury's beauty that motivates the men. Her father is the hospital's chairman of the board. Marrying her would be an inside track to the chief of staff post. Meanwhile, a senior hospital staffer, who is the mother of one of the two doctors, plots to enhance her son's chances, a mysterious outsider who says he knew the dead woman tails the two men, and Laury may be more than she appears. Murder? Hoax? The answer isn't revealed till the final freeze-frame.

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Written by Sam Rolfe
Produced by Joseph B. Wallenstein
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Top Cast

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger

Laury Medford

Robert Culp

Robert Culp

Lou Corbin

Stephen Macht

Stephen Macht

Dr. Max Heller

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand

Dr. Martha Trenton

John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein

Dr. Paul Trenton

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Joy Morgan / Elaine Steel

Ann Wedgeworth

Ann Wedgeworth

Rosie

Helene Winston

Helene Winston

Mrs. Goodman

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Francine Verrett

Nurse

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Terry Burns

Dr. Joe Jacobs

About Killjoy

Killjoy is a mystery, thriller, tv movie film released in 1981. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, it stars Kim Basinger, Robert Culp, Stephen Macht. A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctors engage in a move-and-countermove rivalry over Laury Medford. It may be more than Laury's beauty that motivates the men. Her father is the hospital's chairman of the board. Marrying her would be an inside track to the chief of staff post. Meanwhile, a senior hospital staffer, who is the mother of one of the two doctors, plots to enhance her son's chances, a mysterious outsider who says he knew the dead woman tails the two men, and Laury may be more than she appears. Murder? Hoax? The answer isn't revealed till the final freeze-frame.

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