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My Friend Joe is a British film of genre Drama directed by Chris Bould with Schuyler Fisk

My Friend Joe (1996)

My Friend Joe
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My Friend Joe is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere. The film is based on the 1985 Swedish novel Janne, min vän (Johnny, My Friend) by Peter Pohl.

Synopsis

Chris' new best friend, the American Joe, turns out not to be a boy, but a girl.

Actors

Schuyler Fisk

(Joe / Joanne)Stephen McHattie

(Curt)Stanley Townsend

(Mr. Doyle)Pauline McLynn

(Ms. Doyle)Joel Grey

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