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Thriller about a fat lawyer who inadvertently discovers the ideal weight loss programme when he knocks down and kills a gypsy woman. A short time later he is accosted by an old gypsy master who touches the lawyer's cheek and says "Thinner!" From that moment on the weight literally falls off him which is great - at first - but will he be able to stop before he literally wastes away?

Alternative title(s):

Stephen King's Thinner

Keywords:

Horror, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1996) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

Robert John Burke	.... Billy Halleck
Joe Mantegna	.... Richie Ginelli
Lucinda Jenney	.... Heidi Halleck
Michael Constantine	.... Tadzu Lempke
Kari Wuhrer	.... Gina Lempke
Bethany Joy Galeotti	.... Linda Halleck

Supporting Cast:

Time Winters	.... Prosecutor
Howard Erskine	.... Judge Phillips
Terrence Garmey	.... Bailiff
Randy Jurgensen	.... Court Clerk
Jeff Ware	.... Max Duggenfield
Antonette Schwartzberg	.... Mama Ginelli
Terence Kava	.... Gabe Lempke
Adriana Delphine	.... Gypsy Woman
Ruth Miller	.... Billy's Secretary
Walter Bobbie	.... Kirk Penschley
John Horton	.... Judge Cary Rossington
Daniel von Bargen	.... Chief Duncan Hopley
Irma St. Paule	.... Suzanne Lempke
Stephen King	.... Dr. Bangor

Directors:

Tom Holland

Writers:

Stephen King
Michael McDowell

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