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Fresh Horses is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Anspaugh released in USA on 18 november 1988 with Molly Ringwald
Fresh Horses (1988)
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Add to a movie listFresh Horses is a 1988 coming of age drama film directed by David Anspaugh, and starring Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald.
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Cincinnati college senior Matt Larkin (Andrew McCarthy) seems to have a picture perfect life: he is well-liked at his mid-western college, that he is soon to graduate, has a beautiful, waspy fiancée, friends, parties and good times. But when Matt meets Jewel (Molly Ringwald), his carefully constructed house of cards falls apart and changes him forever.Actors
Molly Ringwald
(Jewel)
Andrew McCarthy
(Matt Larkin)
Patti D'Arbanville
(Jean)
Ben Stiller
(Tipton)
Leon Russom
(Kyle Larkin)
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