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Lover Boy is a film of genre Drama directed by Geoffrey Wright with Noah Taylor
Lover Boy (1989)
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Add to a movie listLover Boy is a 1989 film directed by Geoffrey Wright. It stars Noah Taylor and Gillian Jones.
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Actors
Noah Taylor
(Mick)
Gillian Jones
(Sally)
Ben Mendelsohn
(Gazza)
Daniel Pollock
(Duck)
Brian Worth
(Mick's Father)
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