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| 3 | ''Deceived'' is a 1991 American PsychologicalThriller film directed by {{Creator/Damian Harris}}. The script was written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and rewritten by Bruce Joel Rubin. Creator/GoldieHawn and Creator/JohnHeard star as a happily married couple whose lives are disrupted when secrets from the past are revealed. |
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| 5 | After Adrienne Saunders' art dealer husband Jack apparently dies in a mysterious auto accident, she discovers a series of shocking truths about him -- and chilling evidence of a deadly scheme that threatens her life! |
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| 7 | !!Tropes: |
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| 9 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:[[TheSociopath Jack Saunders]]]]. |
| 10 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Adrienne's devoted and loving husband [[TheSociopath Jack]] turns out to be a manipulative and ruthless conman and murderer]]. |
| 11 | * BittersweetEnding: Adrienne is able to outwit and defeat [[spoiler:Jack]] who dies in a DisneyVillainDeath. She is left with the knowledge of how far he had deceived her for their entire marriage. The film ends with Adrienne and her daughter Mary packing up to move out of their loft and start a new life somewhere else. |
| 12 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Jack falls to his death after Adrienne lures him into an empty elevator shaft]]. |
| 13 | * TheUnfettered: When [[spoiler:Jack]] corners Adrienne in the freight elevator, he reveals his [[TheSociopath true nature]] as expressed below: |
| 14 | -->[[spoiler:'''Jack''']]: "[[BlatantLies I don't want to hurt you, Adrienne. I never wanted to hurt anybody!]] [[MadnessMantra But when I have to do something, I do it. I always do whatever comes next, no matter how difficult it is. If I have to do something, then I do- I ALWAYS DO WHATEVER COMES NEXT! NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT IT IS!]]" |
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