The McGuffin
The McGuffin ★★ 1985
A film critic's inquisitiveness about the activities of his neighbors gets him caught up in murder and a host of other problems. A takeoff of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic “Rear Window.” 95m/C VHS . GB Charles Dance, Ritza Brown, Francis Matthews, Brian Glover, Phyllis Logan, Jerry Stiller, Anna Massey; D: Colin Bucksey.
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