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The Lie

1973Movie1 h 25 min

DramaTV Movie
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.2
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.2

Summary

From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy award winning American version for CBS’s reboot of Playhouse 90, an American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.

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  • Friends night
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Tropes

Snowball Liein 161 titlesSam (Britney's father) goes to Rebecca's house demanding to talk to Kayla. Rebecca lies that Jay took her to the doctor.Bigot with a Badgein 136 titlesImplied with Detective Barnes. When he and Det. Tagata go to Sam's house to question him about Britney's disappearance, Barnes bluntly asks him if he is Indian or Arab or what.All 14 tropes

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