
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
1987, English. Directed by Art Wolff.
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.
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- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1987
- Written by
- Penn Jillette, Teller, Eddie Gorodetsky
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Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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Which OTT platform is Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends on?
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends?
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987) was directed by Art Wolff and stars Penn Jillette, Teller, Lydia Lunch.