Movie
The Player
1992R2h 4m7.2 / 10
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A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
More about The Player
Cast
Tim RobbinsGriffin Mill
Greta ScacchiJune Gudmundsdottir
Fred WardWalter Stuckel
Whoopi GoldbergDetective Avery
Peter GallagherLarry Levy
Brion JamesJoel Levison
Cynthia StevensonBonnie Sherow
Vincent D'OnofrioDavid KahaneCredits
- Directed by
- Robert Altman
- Written by
- Michael Tolkin, Michael Tolkin
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $21.7M
Production
- Avenue PicturesUnited States
Spelling EntertainmentUnited States- Addis-Wechsler ProductionsUnited States
- Fine-Line ProductionsUnited States
Themes
appreciativebaffledbased on novel or bookblackmaildeath threatharshhollywoodhomicide
