Bryan Brown
Roland "Rollie" Tyler
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Feb 7, 1986 · F/X: Directed by Robert Mandel. With Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young. A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
F/X (also known as or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, and Angela Bassett in her film debut.
As gangster Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) prepares to testify in court against his former bosses, FBI agents, fearing Nicholas will be killed by the mob before he can take the stand, decide to...
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"F/X" is Hollywood shorthand for "effects," or special effects, the art form that creates bullet holes and gaping wounds, fake shotgun blasts and severed limbs. In the movie, Bryan Brown plays a special effects man whose customized truck is a mobile effects lab.
F/X (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
F/X is a 1986 American action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown), an expert in the art of special effects (F/X) with a reputation built by his work on many low-budget...
