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Fighting Mad is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jonathan Demme released in USA on 8 october 1976 with Peter Fonda
Fighting Mad (1976)
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Add to a movie listFighting Mad is a 1976 film directed by Jonathan Demme, about an Arkansas farmer played by Peter Fonda who uses Guerrilla tactics against corrupt land developers evicting him and his neighbors in order to stripmine their land.
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Tom Hunter revient dans son village qui est sous la coupe d'un entrepreneur minier voulant contraindre les fermiers à vendre leurs terres. Il décide d'agir...Actors
Peter Fonda
(Tom Hunter)
Harry Northup
(Sherrif Len Skerritt)
Philip Carey
(Pierce Crabtree)
Scott Glenn
(Charlie Hunter)
Noble Willingham
(Senator Hingle)
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