Movie: Almost Salinas

Top 7 Billed Cast

John Mahoney
John Mahoney

Max Harris

Linda Emond
Linda Emond

Nina Ellington

Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse

Allie

Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen

Clare

Ian Gomez
Ian Gomez

Manny

Ray Wise
Ray Wise

Jack Tynan

Tom Groenwald
Tom Groenwald

Leo Quinlan

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    Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only business, a diner owned by Max (John Mahoney), is overrun by this glamorous group while the diner's short order cook (Ian Gomez) and waitress (Virginia Madsen) get caught up into this new, exciting world. Unknown to the rest, a magazine reporter (Linda Emond) arrives in town to uncover a dark secret that Max has kept hidden for over forty years

  • Release Date

    2001-04-01

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Some lives must be lived in the shadow of a legend.

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    EnglishItaliano
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