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City of Joy(1992)
Status: Released
Date: 1992-04-15
66%
159 Votes
Time: 2h 12m
He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more.
Overview:
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.
Languages: English.
Countries:
France,
United Kingdom
Budget: $27,000,000.00
Revenue: $14,683,921.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Pricel
Movie: City of Joy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Patrick Swayze
Max Lowe
Om Puri
Hazari Pal
Pauline Collins
Joan Bethel
शबाना आज़मी
Kamla H. Pal
Ayesha Dharker
Amrita H. Pal
Art Malik
Ashok Ghatak
Nabil Shaban
Anouar
Suneeta Sengupta
Poomina
Shyamanand Jalan
Ghatak - Godfather
Rudraprasad Sengupta
Chomotkar
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