The Double McGuffin (1979)
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuse to believe... See full summary »
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Cast & Crew
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Specks -
Homer
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Billy Ray
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Madame Kura -
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Chief Talasek (Tally) -
Jody -
Mr. Firat -
Football Player
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Cocktail Waitress
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Moras
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Assassin #1
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Assassin #2
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Director:
Joe CampWriters:
Richard Baker (story), Joe Camp (screenplay), Joe Camp (story)All Cast & Crew
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"McGuffin" is a Hollywood term for an item which a majority of the plot centers around the characters trying to find and/or protect, but which has minor significance to the plot itself (the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)). Hence, the money and the body which are found and lost at the beginning of this film, are the title's "Double McGuffin".
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Narrator:
A "McGuffin" is a term coined by the world's foremost teller of suspense stories to label that secret, elusive, mysterious something that everyone in the story is trying to find or find out about. It is, in effect, the pretext of the plot; the ...
Goofs
When Specks circles the name 'Crabtree' in the racing form, the camera and two crew members are seen clearly reflected in a mirror.
Soundtracks
Somebody Who Really CaresMusic by Euel Box
Lyrics by Joe Camp
Performed by Dion Pride
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Plot Summary
Genres
Mystery | FamilyDetails
Release Date:
8 June 1979Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USAContribute to this page
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