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Rough Magic (1995)

Rough Magic poster
Directed by
Clare Peploe
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom, France, United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A magician's assistant in 1950s Los Angeles gets caught up in a scheme involving a missing rabbit and a private detective. They travel to Mexico where the search leads to a mythical creature and a corrupt politician.

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What happens

Rough Magic is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe, starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe. The screenplay was written by Robert Mundi, William Brookfield, and Clare Peploe. Rough Magic is based on the 1944 novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by British novelist James Hadley Chase, which had previously been adapted as the 1962 French-Argentine film Une blonde comme ça. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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