Movie
The Adjuster
Overview
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-11-27
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ego Film Arts, Family Viewing Productions
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elias Koteas as Noah
- Arsinée Khanjian as Hera
- Maury Chaykin as Bubba
- Gabrielle Rose as Mimi
- Jennifer Dale as Arianne
- David Hemblen as Bert, the head censor
- Rose Sarkisyan as Seta, Hera's sister
- Armen Kokorian as Simon, Hera's child
- Jacqueline Samuda as Louise, the maid
- Gerard Parkes as Tim
- Patricia Collins as Lorraine
- Don McKellar as Tyler, the young censor
Crew
- Atom Egoyan - Director
- Atom Egoyan - Writer
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