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Second Best

1994, Movie, PG-13, 104 mins

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SECOND BEST is a modest, emotionally persuasive drama about a bachelor trying to adopt a 10-year-old boy. Carried by William Hurt's outstanding performance, the film is sentimental but never mawkish. As the film opens, three-year-old James (Nathan Yapp) is kidnapped from an orphanage by his father, John (Keith Allen), an escaped prisoner. Before turning himself in, John extracts a promise from his son that he will always love him. Several years later, we meet Graham Holt (... read more leave a comment
Year: 1994
Rated PG-13

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Cast
William Hurt: Graham
Chris Cleary Miles: James
John Hurt: Uncle Turpin
Jane Horrocks: Debbie
Prunella Scales: Margery
Keith Allen: John

 

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