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American Boyfriends is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Sandra Wilson released in USA on 1 january 1989 with John Wildman

American Boyfriends (1989)

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Released in USA 1 january 1989
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginCanada
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating53% 2.6726052.6726052.6726052.6726052.672605

American Boyfriends is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film, and the sequel to My American Cousin (1985). As before, it was written and directed by Sandy Wilson. Margaret Langrick and John Wildman reprise their roles as Sandy Wilcox and Butch Walker respectively.

The soundtrack for this film contains songs by a number of popular Canadian music groups of the era including Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, Colin James, Sass Jordan, Spirit of the West and BTO. The soundtrack was released on CD by Penta Records.

Actors

John Wildman

(Butch Walker)
Margaret Langrick

(Sandy Wilcox)
Liisa Repo-Martell

(Julie La Bell)
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