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Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession ()

Bad Timing (original title)
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A psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.
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Alex Linden
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Milena Flaherty
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Inspector Netusil
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Stefan Vognic
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Foppish Man
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Amy Miller
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Col. Taylor
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Hospital Policeman
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Policeman #1
Stefan Gryff ...
Policeman #2
Sevilla Delofski ...
Czech Receptionist
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Konrad (as Robert Walker)
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Ambulance Man
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Dr. Schneider
Lex van Delden ...
Young Doctor
Rudolf Bissegger ...
Giovanni (as Rudolph Bisseger)
Hans Christian ...
Czech Consul
Ellan Fartt ...
Ulla
Fritz Goblirsch ...
Drunk Man (as Fritz Gublirsch)
Nino LaRocca ...
Arab in Truck (as Nino La Rocca)
Roman Scheidl ...
Angry Student
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Lisa Dietrich (scenesDeleted)
Carl Lawrence Ludwig ...
Young Czech Lover (uncredited)

Directed by

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Nicolas Roeg

Written by

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Yale Udoff ... (screenplay)

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Jeremy Thomas ... producer
Tim Van Rellim ... associate producer

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Richard Hartley

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Anthony B. Richmond ... director of photography (as Anthony Richmond)

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Tony Lawson

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David Spiers ... assistant film editor

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Celestia Fox

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David Brockhurst
Andrew Sanders ... (uncredited)

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Marit Allen

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Sue Bide ... makeup artist
Sarah Monzani ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Christian Jungbluth ... production manager: Austria
Aivar Kaulins ... production manager
Detlef Krejci ... unit manager: Austria

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Peter Kohn ... second assistant director
Marijan David Vajda ... assistant director: Austria
Neil Vine-Miller ... first assistant director
Tom Ward ... third assistant director

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Jonathan Amberston ... second assistant art director
John Beard ... first assistant art director
Arie Bohrer ... assistant art director: Austria
Bob Devine ... construction manager
Bryony Foster ... property buyer
Janet Shearer ... third assistant art director
Ted Western ... stand-by propman
Nick Rivers ... property master (uncredited)

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Ken Barker ... re-recording mixer
Alan Bell ... sound editor
Tony Bell ... boom operator
Rodney Holland ... dialogue editor
Paul Le Mare ... sound mixer
Jacques Leroide ... assistant sound editor
Gordon Everett ... sound mixer (uncredited)
Rodney Glenn ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
John Hayward ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)

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Graham Attwood ... still photographer
George Beavis ... chief grip
Martin Evans ... gaffer
John Golding ... focus puller
Gordon Hayman ... camera operator
Derek Suter ... clapper loader
Wick Finch ... electrician (uncredited)

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Monika Caha ... casting: Austria

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Shuna Harwood ... additional costumes
Carla Willsher ... wardrobe mistress

Location Management

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Laurence Boulting ... location manager
Clinton Cavers ... location manager
Johannes Freisinger ... location manager: Austria
Hugh O'Donnell ... location manager

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Richard Hartley ... conductor
François Rabbath ... musician: double bass

Script and Continuity Department

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Kay Fenton ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Brian Doyle ... publicist
Ingrid Durst ... production assistant: Austria
Susan Kane ... production secretary
Angela Mackworth-Young ... assistant to director
Borjan Nakicenovic ... propman: Austria
Jaqi Neilist ... production secretary
Alex Richards ... chief production accountant
Caroline Sax ... production secretary
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Plot Summary

The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. A police detective suspects foul play on the part of her lover, an American psychology professor. As doctors try to save her life, the detective interrogates the professor, and through flashbacks we see the events leading up to the woman's overdose; her stormy and intensely sexual relationship with the professor, her heavy drinking and numerous affairs, and her estrangement from her Czech husband. A darkly erotic study of several rather unsympathetic characters. Written by Marty Cassady

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Taglines A Terrifying Love Story [Theatrical Australia] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Illusions (United Kingdom)
  • Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (United States)
  • Enquête sur une passion (France)
  • The Dark Inside (Germany)
  • Contratiempo (Spain)
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  • 123 min
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Trivia Director Nicolas Roeg and actress Theresa Russell fell in love during the shoot and married. Russell was 22 years old at that time, while Roeg was already 52 years old. They had two children, but divorced later. See more »
Goofs Near the beginning of the movie, when the Czechoslovakian border guard checks the names on his list, the list contains several Czech swear words instead of personal names and occupations ("Mrdac," "Kurevnik," "Prdelac"...). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Let's Make Love (1996). See more »
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Quotes Alex Linden: You tell the truth about a lie so beautifully.
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