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Big Business(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-06-10
64%
298 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
Mixed up at birth, two sets of twins finally meet their match.
Overview:
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
Languages: Italian, English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Big Business
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bette Midler
Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton
Lily Tomlin
Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton
Fred Ward
Roone Dimmick
Edward Herrmann
Graham Sherbourne
Michele Placido
Fabio Alberici
Daniel Gerroll
Chuck
Barry Primus
Michael
Michael Gross
Dr. Jay Marshall
Deborah Rush
Binky Shelton
Nicolas Coster
Hunt Shelton
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