The Number 23(2007)
First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Movie: The Number 23
Top 10 Billed Cast
Walter Sparrow / Fingerling
Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia
Robin Sparrow
Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix
Suicide Blonde / Mrs. Dobkins / Young Fingerling's Mother
Laura Tollins
Kyle Finch
Father Sebastian
Hotel Clerk
Sergeant Burns
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