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A Family Thing
Summary: When an old woman dies, she leaves a note for her apparent son (Robert Duvall) which tells him that his biological mother died giving birth to him. She begs him to make peace with his half-brother (James Earl Jones) living in Chic...
Runtime: 1 h 49 min
MPAA: PG-13
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 10,125,417
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