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Feature film — 1997

The Secret Life of Algernon (1997)

6.51h 46mComedy

Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and enjoys making things out of bones... he boils a neighbor's dead dog for the bones... and he is visited by an old friend who is dying of ailments and thus commits suicide, leaving a million dollars in a suitcase. A woman claiming to be interested in Algernon's Egyptologist great grandfather pretends to be in love with Algernon... and he almost falls for it.

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Phare-Est Productions / Marano Productions Inc.

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Director: Charles Jarrott

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Cast & crew

John Cullum as Algernon Pendleton

John Cullum

Algernon Pendleton

Carrie-Anne Moss as Madge Clerisy

Carrie-Anne Moss

Madge Clerisy

Charles Durning as Norbie Hess

Charles Durning

Norbie Hess

Hrant Alianak as Mahir Sulleyman

Hrant Alianak

Mahir Sulleyman

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