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The Planet of Junior Brown
The Planet of Junior Brown

The Planet of Junior Brown

Passion Moves Mountains

Genres

Drama

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Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

06 September 1997

Country

Canada

Cast

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Mrs. Brown

Martin Villafana

Martin Villafana

Junior Brown

Rainbow Sun Francks

Rainbow Sun Francks

Buddy Clark (as Rainbow Sun Francks)

Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson

Mr. Pool

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Butter

Richard Chevolleau

Richard Chevolleau

Duckie

Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Miss Peebs

Warren Benns

Warren Benns

Spanish

Tina Su

Tina Su

Sandra Tanaka

Nicole Hardy

Nicole Hardy

Lesley

Christopher Kennedy

Christopher Kennedy

Derrick

Denis Akiyama

Denis Akiyama

Mr. Tanaka

Dan Lett

Dan Lett

Mr. Roundtree

Roy T. Anderson

Roy T. Anderson

Taxi driver

Michael Blake

Michael Blake

Henchman

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