Comedy · 1987 · 58m

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Director

Cast

Penn Jillette as Self Teller as Self Lydia Lunch as Self Alan Hunter as Self Marc Garland as The Chicken

Crew

Robert Leacock — Director of Photography Penn Jillette — Writer Teller — Writer Eddie Gorodetsky — Writer Timothy Marx — Producer

Synopsis

Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends is a straight-to-video release by magicians Penn & Teller on Lorimar Home Video in 1987. The tape features seven different swindles or tricks that the home viewer can use to fool their friends. The tape was a companion piece to their best selling book of the same name. All of the tricks involve using a portion of the videotape.

Key Collaborators

Art Wolff Director Robert Leacock Director of Photography Penn Jillette Writer Teller Writer Eddie Gorodetsky Writer Timothy Marx Producer

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