Movie: The Ghost of Spoon River
Top 6 Billed Cast
Jesse Hanson
Skeeter
Gail Perlow
Jeannie Hanson
Agent Cicarelli
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A big-city lawyer is called home to defend a local man accused of murder. Based on the Spoon River Anthology
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2000-05-01
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