Artificial Lies

Artificial Lies

🎞️ Movie 92 min CA
โ˜… 4.3 /10 2000

Famed psychiatrist and known ladies man Dr. Palmer Harrison is found murdered in his office after the end of the working day. He died with an erection, leaving the police investigators to suspect initially that his sexual partner at the time is the murderer. Their lead suspect is who is listed as his last patient of the day, heiress Karen Wettering, whose father, Charles Wettering, is dismayed at whatever negative publicity his children, especially Karen, are always the center of. Karen categorically denies having attended that scheduled session or having killed Palmer, but she does admit to having had a sexual relationship with him. Roger Bellamy, Karen's lawyer and friend, asks his friend, recently widowed psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Rexler, to conduct an initial psychiatric evaluation of Karen to make sure there are no hidden skeletons with which he has to worry in court. That meeting leads to a sexual relationship between Karen and Peter, who now has a vested interest in seeing that nothing bad happens to her. But as evidence continues to mount against Karen and as Roger in turn scratches his head in how best to defend her, Peter comes up with a solution - manufacture a medical lie, albeit a dangerous one - that will at least give Roger some time to mount a credible defense. What they are all unaware of is that a sexual history diary that Palmer kept - with which Palmer's assistant is blackmailing Roger and Karen, but which Roger believes is merely an embarrassment than conclusive evidence against Karen - contains crucial information as to the murderer's motives.

Cast

Jack Wagner
Jack Wagner
Dr. Peter Rexler
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Stewart Bick
Roger Bellamy
Daphne Zuniga
Daphne Zuniga
Karen Wettering
Claudia Ferri
Claudia Ferri
Audrey Wettering
Maxim Roy
Maxim Roy
Rachel Hart
Harry Standjofski
Harry Standjofski
Detective Sgt. Joe Collins
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Loretta Diamond
Kathleen Fee
Kathleen Fee
Judge Barrett
Frank Fontaine
Frank Fontaine
Charles Wettering
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Clive McLean
Dr. Palmer Harrison
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David Findlay
Composer
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Bruno Philip
Cinematographer