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The Lesser Evil is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 october 1998 with David Paymer
The Lesser Evil (1998)
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Add to a movie listThe Lesser Evil is a 1998 thriller film directed by David Mackay.
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Four old friends, Derek (Colm Feore), George (David Paymer), Ivan (Arliss Howard), and Frank (Tony Goldwyn), are reunited when they become suspects in a double murder that took place twenty years before, when they were teenagers. The four covered it up and have now become successful professionals with seemingly normal lives. The story switches back and forth between the present day and the time of the killings. As the police investigation closes in on the four men, they turn on each other. It soon becomes clear that one of them will have to take the blame, or they will all be convicted.Actors
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