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

1991

1h 36m

6.1(130 votes)

TV Movie

Mystery

Comedy

Horror

Fantasy

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Martin Campbell
Written by: Joseph Dougherty
Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd

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