Murder à la Mod is a 1968

1968 in film

The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :...

 film directed by Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma

Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...

. The film was released in one cinema in New York City

New York City

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. It quickly disappeared not long after and was thought lost. However, the film was rediscovered, remastered and released on DVD

DVD

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 near the end of 2006 and in High Definition on BluRay in April 2011.

It was the first film where Brian De Palma served as both writer

Writer

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 and director

Film director

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.

Cast

• Andra Akers as Tracy
• William Finley
  William Finley
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   as Otto
• Margo Norton as Karen
• Jared Martin
  Jared Martin
  Jared Martin is an American film and television actor.-Acting career:Born in Queens, New York to Charles E. Martin a cover artist for The New Yorker, and his wife, Florence, Jared Martin began acting at the age of ten, when his parents gave him the choice of either learning to play the piano, or...
  
   as Chris
• Ken Burrows as Wiley

Trivia

In De Palma's 1981 film Blow Out

Blow Out

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, Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

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's character watches the film on TV.