Film

The Leading Man

1996 · 1h 40m · Thriller

Indecent. Immoral. Irresistible. It's the role he was born to play.

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

69%

Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...

Jon Bon Jovi

Robin Grange

Anna Galiena

Elena Webb

Lambert Wilson

Felix Webb

Thandiwe Newton

Hilary Rule

Barry Humphries

Humphrey Beal

David Warner

Tod

Patricia Hodge

Delvene

Diana Quick

Susan

Harriet Walter

Liz Flett

Nicole Kidman

Academy Awards Presenter

Tam Dean Burn

Henry

Claire Cox

Serena

Kevin McKidd

Ant

Victoria Smurfit

Annabel

Laura Austin-Little

Miranda Webb

Danny Worters

Danny Webb

• John DuiganDirector
• Virginia DuiganWriter
• Bertil OhlssonProducer
• Paul RaphaelProducer
• Julia PalauExecutive Producer
• Michael RyanExecutive Producer
• Jean-François RobinDirector of Photography
• Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
• Humphrey DixonEditor
• Jina JayawardenaCasting

Release date

December 12, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Genres

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