Cast a Deadly Spell

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Cast

Fred Ward

as Det. Harry Philip Lovecraft

David Warner

as Amos Hackshaw

Julianne Moore

as Connie Stone

Clancy Brown

as Harry Bordon

Alexandra Powers

as Olivia Hackshaw

Charles Hallahan

as Det. Morris Bradbury

Arnetia Walker

as Hypolite Kropotkin

Raymond O'Connor

as Tugwell

Peter Allas

as Det. Otto Grimaldi

Lee Tergesen

as Larry Willis / Lilly Sirwar

Reviews

Matt Golden

The year: 1948. Magic is everywhere, the hallmark of progress. Hardboiled gumshoe Philip Lovecraft is a PI for hire, but his latest case, a search for a missing book called “The Necronomicon,” leads him down darker alleys than he’s ever traversed before, filled with black magic and hideous creatures...

GenerationofSwine

I guess the sequel to this is Witch Hunt, which I loved, and saw BEFORE Cast a Deadly Spell. It doesn't much matter only instead of the guy Dennis Hopper, you got Fred Ward, who is probably known to everyone as either "That guy from the Right Stuff" or "Remo Williams." And I grew up in a life ...

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