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Popeye (1980)
- Theatrical - Wide 1980-12-12
- Cast Robin Williams Shelley Duvall Ray Walston Paul Dooley Richard Libertini
- Directed by Robert Altman
- Written by Jules Feiffer
Box Office Gross:
$49,823,037
Running Time:
114 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, Robert Evans Productions, King Features Syndicate
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Synopsis
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who’s searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he... See more must first contend with Olive’s fiancé, Bluto.
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