SCOOP

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• Release Year: 1987
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
• Plot: In the funeral of the famous British journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane), his colleagues and friends recall how obstinate he was while seeking a scoop. Meanwhile, the deceased Joe discloses the identity of the tarot card serial killer of London. He cheats Death (Pete Mastin) and appears to the American student of journalism Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson), who is on the stage in the middle of a magic show of the magician Sidney Waterman (Woody Allen) in London, and tells her that the murderer is the aristocrat Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman). Sondra drags Sid in her investigation, seeking for evidence that Peter is the killer. However, she falls in love with him and questions if Joe Strombel is right in his scoop.
• Cast: Michael Maloney, Michael Hordern, Robert Eddison, Leon Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Rosamund Greenwood, Victoria Hasted, Gwen Nelson, Ian Michie, Nicholas Le Prevost, Jake Wood, Reggie Oliver, Nicola Pagett, Ceri Jackson, Lucy Speed, Donald Pleasence, Maev Alexander, Angela Galbraith, Roz Freeman-Atwood, Martin Wimbush, Charles Pemberton, Denholm Elliott, Fred Pearson, Nicholas Barnes, Clare Park, David Ashford, Herbert Lom, Chua Kah Joo, Clive Mantle, André Maranne, Jack Shepherd, Jeillo Edwards, Tony Haygarth, Matthew Scurfield, William Armstrong, Daniel André Pageon, Fernand Monast, Burt Caesar, Brian Bovell, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Michael Parkhouse, John Harding, Renée Soutendijk, Vera Jakob, Tony Alleff, Christian Berkel, Maurice Travail, Lucien Morgan, Gavin Millar, Evelyn Waugh, William Boyd
• Director: Gavin Millar
• Runtime: 2:00
• Media Format: movie