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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture is a film of genre Drama directed by Frank Pierson released in USA on 1 january 1990 with Roy Scheider
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
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Somebody has to Shoot the Picture is a 1990 prison film TV movie written by photojournalist Doug Magee, inspired by his interviews with and photos of death row prisoners. The film was directed by Frank Pierson.
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Un célèbre reporter-photographe qui doit assister à une exécution capitale décèle des indices mettant en doute la culpabilité du condamné.Actors
Roy Scheider
(Paul Marish)
Bonnie Bedelia
(Hannah McGrath)
Robert Carradine
(Police Sgt. Jerry Brown)
Andre Braugher
(Dan Weston)
Arliss Howard
(Raymond Eames)
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