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The Stand-In

19851h 27mMovieComedy

Finnerty can't get work, he's been evicted, and his wife is unfaithful. As he drives into the hills, he gets a flat. A "helpful" stranger turns out to be an armed robber. Apples kills his assailant in self defence and switches identities…

DirectorRobert N. Zagone

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Cast · Directed by Robert N. Zagone

DGDanny Glover
Danny Glover
Apples Finnerty
MHMarc Hayashi
Marc Hayashi
CV
Christa Victoria
JD
Jane Dornacker
JBJoe Bellan
Joe Bellan

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The Stand-In hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 20, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.