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Better Living is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Max Mayer released in USA on 2 november 1998 with Roy Scheider
Better Living (1998)
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Add to a movie listBetter Living is a 1998 film featured in the Hamptons International Film Festival. It stars Roy Scheider and Olympia Dukakis, and includes Edward Herrmann.
Actors
Roy Scheider
(Larry)
Olympia Dukakis
(Nora)
Edward Herrmann
(Jack)
Scott Cohen
(Larry)
Phyllis Somerville
(Nellie)
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