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FilmMovie ReviewsMotherless Brooklyn — 2019

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

2h 24m

Crime/Drama/Mystery

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Cast

Edward Norton (Lionel Essrog)Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Laura Rose)Alec Baldwin (Moses Randolph)Willem Dafoe (Paul Randolph)Bruce Willis (Frank Minna)Ethan Suplee (Gilbert Coney)Cherry Jones (Gabby Horowitz)Bobby Cannavale (Tony Vermonte)Dallas Roberts (Danny Fantl)Josh Pais (William Lieberman)Radu Spinghel (Giant Man)Fisher Stevens (Lou)Peter Gray Lewis (Mayor)Robert Wisdom (Billy Rose)Michael Kenneth Williams (Trumpet Man)Isaiah J. Thompson (King Rooster Piano Player)Russell Hall (King Rooster Bassist)Joe Farnsworth (King Rooster Drummer)

Director

Edward Norton

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Synopsis

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.

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