The Leading Man

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

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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...

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Cast

Jon Bon Jovi actor

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Anna Galiena actor Lambert Wilson actor Thandiwe Newton actor Barry Humphries actor David Warner actor Patricia Hodge actor Diana Quick actor Harriet Walter actor Nicole Kidman actor

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Tam Dean Burn actor Claire Cox actor Kevin McKidd actor Victoria Smurfit actor

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Laura Austin-Little actor Danny Worters actor

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Camilla Ohlsson actor Geoffrey Freshwater actor Neve McIntosh actor Ginny Holder actor