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Pound of Flesh

Pound of Flesh

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Pound of Flesh

2011

1h 37m

2.2(12 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Thriller

Overview

Noah Melville, a popular college professor and confirmed sensualist, provides scholarships for gorgeous college girls through an escort service, whose satisfied clients include the chairman of the school board, the chief of police, and even the mayor of their idyllic college town. When a young woman's dead body is found near the campus, the moralistic new detective in town, Patrick Kelly, investigates, leading him to the professor. Exposed, Noah must leave his devoted wife and daughter and flee the law. Kelly, for his own reasons, takes the law into his own hands to bring Noah to justice. Their deadly showdown has a surprising result.

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Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Professor Noah Melville

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen

Detective Patrick Kelly

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Sgt. Rebecca Ferraro

Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Cameron Morris

Bellamy Young

Bellamy Young

Daniella Melville

Taryn Southern

Taryn Southern

Dyonesia Cosa

Whitney Able

Whitney Able

Rachel Fry

Lilly McDowell

Lilly McDowell

Evelyn Scott

Sean McCarthy

Professor John Anders

Ashley Wren Collins

Ashley Wren Collins

Marina Carlson

Creative team

Directed by: Tamar Simon Hoffs
Written by: Tamar Simon Hoffs
Produced by: Charley Cabrera
Alfred Sapse

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