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A Simple Twist of Fate

6.119941h 46mPG-13MovieFamilyComedyDrama

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and…

DirectorGillies MacKinnon
WriterSteve Martin
ProducersRic Kidney·Steve Martin

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Cast · Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

SMSteve Martin
Steve Martin
Michael McCann
GBGabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
John Newland
LLLaura Linney
Laura Linney
Nancy Lambert Newland
COCatherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara
April Simon
AAAlana Austin
Alana Austin
Mathilda McCann - Age 10
SBStephen Baldwin
Stephen Baldwin
Tanny Newland
BJByron Jennings
Byron Jennings
Keating
MBMichael Des Barres
Michael Des Barres
Bryce
TWTim Ware
Tim Ware
Rob
DDDavid Dwyer
David Dwyer
Joe the Bartender
EG
Ed Grady
Judge Marcus
ACAmelia Campbell
Amelia Campbell
Marsha Swanson

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