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Paris Trout is a american film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal released in USA on 21 april 1991 with Dennis Hopper

Paris Trout (1991)

Paris Trout
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Released in USA 21 april 1991
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating63% 3.1957353.1957353.1957353.1957353.195735

Paris Trout is a 1991 drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, starring Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Harris.

It is based on the National Book Award-winning novel Paris Trout by author Pete Dexter.

Synopsis

Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949 Georgia. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s IOU. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South. Lawyer Harry Seagraves arrives to calm the waters in court but is soon caught in crimes of his own, including a dangerous and doomed affair with Trout’s wife.

Actors

Dennis Hopper

(Paris Trout)Barbara Hershey

(Hanna Trout)Ed Harris

(Harry Seagraves)Ray McKinnon

(Carl Bonner)RonReaco Lee

(Chester Sayers)
And :
Dan Biggers
Ed Grady
Ted Manson
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