If Looks Could Kill | |
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Directed by | William Dear |
Screenplay by | Darren Star |
Story by | Fred Dekker |
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Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
Edited by | John F. Link |
Music by | David Foster |
Production company | Northwest Productions[1] |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[2] |
Box office | $7.7 million[3] |
If Looks Could Kill is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by William Dear from a screenplay by Darren Star and a story by Fred Dekker. It stars Richard Grieco as a high school student who is mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. It also stars Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett, and Gabrielle Anwar.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 15, 1991, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $7.7 million against a $12 million budget. It garnered three Saturn Award nominations: Best Fantasy Film, Best Director for Dear, and Best Supporting Actress for Bartlett.