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Raising Cain

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Raising Cain

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Thriller starring John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich. Child psychologist Carter Nix is a man with a mission. Encouraged and aided by his unscrupulous twin brother, Cain, the doctor is abducting children for his father's dubious research project and any adults who get in the way meet unpleasant ends. Meanwhile, Carter's wife Jenny, also a doctor, has guilty secrets of her own, which are resurrected by a former lover.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

John Ferguson

After the mauling he received for his disastrous 1990 adaptation of The Bonfire of the Vanities, director Brian De Palma returned to his attempts at reinventing Hitchcock. The result was his best movie in years - this sly, witty thriller in which the tortuous plot takes a back seat to a virtuoso display of cinematic technique as De Palma proceeds to pay tribute to Hitch and a host of his other favourite directors. John Lithgow, getting into the grisly, over-the-top spirit of the piece, plays a suspect in a series of kidnappings, Lolita Davidovich is his unfaithful wife, and there's solid support from Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen and Gregg Henry.

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6.1/10

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Cast

rolenameCarter / Cain / Dr Nix / Josh / MargoJohn LithgowJennyLolita DavidovichJackSteven BauerDr WaldheimFrances SternhagenLieutenant TerriGregg HenrySergeant CallyTom BowerSarahMel HarrisKarenTeri Austin

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rolenameDirectorBrian De Palma

Details

Released on

1993-04-30

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Contains violence and swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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