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Raising Arizona(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-03-13
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2319 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
Overview:
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $6,000,000.00
Revenue: $29,180,280.00
ProductionCompanies:
Circle Films
Movie: Raising Arizona
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nicolas Cage
H.I.
Holly Hunter
Ed
Trey Wilson
Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman
Gale
William Forsythe
Evelle
Sam McMurray
Glen
Frances McDormand
Dot
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Leonard Smalls
Lynne Kitei
Florence Arizona
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