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Saint Jack is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich released in USA on 27 april 1979 with Ben Gazzara
Saint Jack (1979)
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Add to a movie listJack le Magnifique (titre original : Saint Jack) est un film dramatique américain écrit et réalisé par Peter Bogdanovich, sorti en 1979.
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La vie tumultueuse d'un tenancier italo-américain de bordel à Singapour, faite de hauts et de misères. Il gagne il perd. Il a même la chance de s'en aller vers des horizons plus cléments. Mais au fond, sa vie est là, dans le chaos et le tumulte, le soufre et le vice.Actors
Ben Gazzara
(Jack Flowers)
Denholm Elliott
(William Leigh)
James Villiers
(Frogget)
Joss Ackland
(Yardley)
Rodney Bewes
(Smale)
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