The Monkey's Mask

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The Monkey's Mask ★★ 2000

Lesbian private detective Jill Fitzpatrick (Porter) is hired by the parents of missing student Mickey Norris (Cornish). Jill meets Mickey's married poetry professor Diana (McGillis) and the two soon embark on a torrid affair. Then Mickey is found strangled and Jill searches (rather ineptyly) for the killer and nearly becomes a victim herself. Who knew poetry could be so dangerous? Based on the 1994 nonrhyming verse thriller by Dorothy Porter. 94m/C VHS, DVD . AU Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Marton Csokas, Francoise Verley, Caroline Gillmer, Jean-Pierre Mignon, Jim Holt, John Noble, Linden Wilkinson; D: Samantha Lang; W: Anne Kennedy; C: Garry Phillips.

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