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The Gingerbread Man is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Altman released in USA on 23 january 1998 with Kenneth Branagh
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
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Add to a movie listThe Gingerbread Man is a 1998 American legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. The film stars Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall.
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Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) is a divorced lawyer with a reputation for underhanded dealings and protecting criminals. After another successful trial, Magruder celebrates at a party hosted by his firm, becoming increasingly drunk. As he stumbles out of the party, he has a chance meeting with a woman named Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), a waitress at the party who seems to have lost her car. Rick drives the woman to her home, where her car has been already parked, seemingly by her father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall). Rick and Mallory walk into the house arguing about her abusive father. Mallory carelessly undresses in front of him, after which they spend the night together.Actors
Kenneth Branagh
(Rick Magruder)
Embeth Davidtz
(Mallory Doss)
Robert Downey Jr.
(Clyde Pell)
Tom Berenger
(Pete Randle)
Daryl Hannah
(Lois Harlan)
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