UNITED STATES · 1987

Raising Arizona

Joel Coen
parenthood redemption crime family desperation
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When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

Year1987
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoel Coen
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