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The Gift(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-12-15
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Time: 1h 40m
Three Days of Passion and Conflict That Will Change His Life Forever
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A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
The Jozak Company
Cypress Point Productions
Movie: The Gift
Top 10 Billed Cast
Glenn Ford
Billy Devlin
Julie Harris
Anne Devlin
Gary Frank
Pete Devlin
Allison Argo
Kathleen
Maggie Cooper
Betty
Kevin Bacon
Teddy
M. Emmet Walsh
Legion Commander
Phillip Pine
Boop
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A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
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1979-12-15
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Three Days of Passion and Conflict That Will Change His Life Forever
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