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Jimmy the Kid (1982)
Director: Gary Nelson
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Gary Coleman was a child star who waged a personal battle against a growth-repressing illness and the parents who spirited away the fortune he made from the hit TV series Diff'rent Strokes. In this indifferent comedy, however, he mugs gracelessly as the listless son of showbiz folk. LeMat is the kindly kidnapper who teaches him that life (cue retching) is worth living after all. Tell it to Donald Westlake, who must have wept when he saw what they did to one of his novels.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Gary Nelson
Producer: Ronald A Jacobs
Cast: Gary Coleman, Paul LeMat, Walter Olkewicz, Dee Wallace, Ruth Gordon, Don Adams, Cleavon Little full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 85 mins
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