Cast a Deadly Spell

1991 96 min ★ 6.1 TV Movie, Mystery, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

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Cast

Fred Ward

Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft

David Warner

Amos Hackshaw

Julianne Moore

Connie Stone

Clancy Brown

Harry Bordon

Alexandra Powers

Olivia Hackshaw

Charles Hallahan

Det. Morris Bradbury

Arnetia Walker

Hypolite Kropotkin

Raymond O'Connor

Tugwell

Peter Allas

Det. Otto Grimaldi

Lee Tergesen

Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar

Details

Director

Martin Campbell

Tagline

"Bullets! Demons! The end of the world! Can’t hold a man like this!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,000,000

Production

Pacific Western, HBO Films, HBO

Reviews

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Matt Golden

July 21, 2013

The year: 1948. Magic is everywhere, the hallmark of progress. Hardboiled gumshoe Philip Lovecraft is a PI for hire, but his latest case, a search for a missing book called “The Necronomicon,” leads him down darker alleys than he’s ever traversed before, filled with black magic and hideous creatures intent on doing him harm. Charged with protecting a virtuous dame, finding a magical tome, and unra...

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GenerationofSwine

January 11, 2023

★ 10/10

I guess the sequel to this is Witch Hunt, which I loved, and saw BEFORE Cast a Deadly Spell. It doesn't much matter only instead of the guy Dennis Hopper, you got Fred Ward, who is probably known to everyone as either "That guy from the Right Stuff" or "Remo Williams." And I grew up in a life surrounded by pulp trash novels. Westerns, mysteries, just dime novels that most people don't proudl...