The Leading Man (1996)

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Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. Enter Robin Grange, a charismatic young Hollywood actor making his London theatre debut. Robin is attractive, charming and dangerous, and soon inveigles his way into everyone's life. He ingratiates himself with the cast and, quickly grasping Felix's dilemma, sets about weaving his web of mischief. He suggests that if he were to seduce Elena, she would be distracted from Felix's affair, regain her self respect, and perhaps even willingly part from the unfaithful husband to whom she clings...

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The Leading Man is 8403 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 5261 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing but less popular than The Other Me.

Rank		Title
8399.		Mr. Morgan's Last Love	New
8400.		Stinger	+4934
8401.		Escape Plan 2: Hades	New
8402.		The Other Me	New
8403.		The Leading Man	New
8404.		Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing	New
8405.		Frogs	New
8406.		Cruel Peter	New
8407.		Fakin' Da Funk	New

Streaming charts last updated: 13:30:17, 09/12/2025

Cast

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi

Robin Grange

Anna Galiena

Anna Galiena

Elena Webb

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Felix Webb

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Hilary Rule

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Humphrey Beal

David Warner

David Warner

Tod

Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Delvene

Diana Quick

Diana Quick

Susan

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Liz Flett

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Academy Awards Presenter

Tam Dean Burn

Tam Dean Burn

Henry

Claire Cox

Claire Cox

Serena

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

Ant

Victoria Smurfit

Victoria Smurfit

Annabel

Laura Austin-Little

Laura Austin-Little

Miranda Webb

Danny Worters

Danny Worters

Danny Webb

Camilla Ohlsson

Camilla Ohlsson

Jessie Webb

Geoffrey Freshwater

Geoffrey Freshwater

Attendant

Neve McIntosh

Neve McIntosh

Cashier

Ginny Holder

Ginny Holder

Georgina

Billie Piper

Billie Piper

Girl (uncredited)

Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman

Journalist (uncredited)

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