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Quick Info

Rating

4.9/10

Release2020

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Elevated Films

Little Red Hen

The Fyzz

Movie

The Last Thing He Wanted

2020

1h 56m

4.9

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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