This Boy’s Life

This Boy's Life

Theatrical - Wide 1993-04-09

Cast Robert De Niro Ellen Barkin Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Blechman Eliza Dushku
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Directed by Robert Getchell

Box Office Gross: $4,104,962

Running Time: 115 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Knickerbocker Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

Genres: Drama

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When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain... See more hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

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