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Wrestling with Alligators

Wrestling with Alligators

# At the end of an era, her life was just beginning.
Drama
📜 Overview: All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the simplest things are difficult to find...Maddy, a street-wise teenage runaway, believes she has created this family with the women who live with her in an East Coast woman-only rooming house: Lulu, an eccentric silent-screen star; Claire, a beautiful, widowed French war bride; and Mary, a young artist.But as Maddy watches her newfound family fall apart, she begins to realize that some things in life are worth fighting for, and that the bonds of true friendship are the strongest bonds of all.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1998-01-18
⌚ Running Time: 95 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 10.0

Beloved Cast

Joely Richardson original image
Claire
Joely Richardson
Claire Bloom original image
Lulu Fraker
Claire Bloom
Aleksa Palladino original image
Maddy Hawkins
Aleksa Palladino
Adrienne Shelly original image
Mary
Adrienne Shelly
Sam Trammell original image
Will
Sam Trammell
Jay O. Sanders original image
Rick
Jay O. Sanders
Tom Guiry original image
Pete (as Thomas Guiry)
Tom Guiry
Nicole Bradin original image
Susan Wright
Nicole Bradin

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