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Release Year1981
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresMystery, Thriller, TV Movie
Votes5
DirectorJohn Llewellyn Moxey
WritersSam Rolfe
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.9 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsKilljoy
About Killjoy
A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning deception? At City General Hospital, two young doctors engage in a move-and-countermove rivalry over Laury Medford. It may be more than Laury's beauty that motivates the men. Her father is the hospital's chairman of the board. Marrying her would be an inside track to the chief of staff post. Meanwhile, a senior hospital staffer, who is the mother of one of the two doctors, plots to enhance her son's chances, a mysterious outsider who says he knew the dead woman tails the two men, and Laury may be more than she appears. Murder? Hoax? The answer isn't revealed till the final freeze-frame.
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, Killjoy leans on a strong ensemble — Kim Basinger, Robert Culp, Stephen Macht — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about mystery titles of 1981.
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