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Movie Info
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Director -
Clint Eastwood -
Producer -
Clint Eastwood -
Screenwriter -
Joel Oliansky -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
Warner Brothers , The Malpaso Company -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Biography , History , Drama , Music -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 30, 1988, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 1, 2009 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$1.5M -
Runtime -
2h 41m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo
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