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How far can a man journey into darkness...and still find his way back?
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.Read moreLess
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
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India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, an English military man, Captain William Savage, conceives a hazardous plot to stop them. In disguise, he plans to himself become a “Deceiver” and infiltrate their numbers. Ever present in Savage’s adventures is a sense of dread; he is in constant fear of betrayal and vengeance and also undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation as he experiences the cult’s blood lust firsthand.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Pierce BrosnanWilliam Savage
Shashi KapoorRaja Chandra Singh
Saeed JaffreyHussein
Keith MichellColonel Wilson
David RobbGeorge Anglesmith
Tariq YunusFeringea
Jalal AghaThe Nawab
Gary CadyLt. Maunsell
Salim GhousePiroo
Neena GuptaGopal's WifeExplore the crew
- Director
- Nicholas Meyer
- Screenplay
- Michael Hirst
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
- Producer
- Tim Van Rellim
- Producer
- Leon Falk
- Editor
- Richard Trevor
- Original Music Composer
- John Scott
- Director of Photography
- Walter Lassally