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Dead Man’s Wire

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Dead Man’s Wire

Friday 17 April 2026 - Wednesday 22 April 2026

Cinema

On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis, entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to Tony’s own neck.

 

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Certificate: 15

Length: 120 minutes

Director: Gus Van Sant

Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Al Pacino

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Friday 17 April 2026 | 8:05 pm

Wednesday 22 April 2026 | 2:00 pm

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