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One True Thing(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-09-18
65%
138 Votes
Time: 2h 7m
Love What You Have.
Overview:
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Monarch Pictures
Ufland
Movie: One True Thing
Top 10 Billed Cast
Meryl Streep
Kate Gulden
Renée Zellweger
Ellen Gulden
William Hurt
George Gulden
Tom Everett Scott
Brian Gulden
Lauren Graham
Jules
Nicky Katt
Jordan Belzer
James Eckhouse
District Attorney
Patrick Breen
G.A. Tweedy
Gerrit Graham
Oliver Most
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