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The Music of Chance is a american film of genre Drama directed by Philip Haas released in USA on 23 june 1993 with James Spader
The Music of Chance (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Music of Chance is a 1993 American drama film directed by Philip Haas. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the book of the same name.
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Jim Nashe worked as a fireman, but a large inheritance and a divorce from his wife has left him free to buy a new car and see the country at his leisure.Actors
James Spader
(Jack Pozzi)
Mandy Patinkin
(Jim Nashe)
Joel Grey
(Willy Stone)
Charles Durning
(Bill Flower)
M. Emmet Walsh
(Calvin Murks)
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