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Five Finger Exercise (1962)

Five Finger Exercise poster
Directed by
Daniel Mann
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family deals with buried tensions and emotional conflicts in their household. The story focuses on a mother, father, their daughter, and a young tutor who becomes entangled in their lives.

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What happens

Five Finger Exercise [sic] is a 1962 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Frederick Brisson from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett based on the original stage play by Peter Shaffer. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Richard Beymer, Maximilian Schell and Annette Gorman, with an early screen appearance by Lana Wood, the sister of Natalie Wood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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