Doubt

Doubt

★ 7.2IMDb Score
Released:2008-12-12
Genre:Drama
Duration:104 min
Director:John Patrick Shanley
Actors:Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond
Production:Scott Rudin Productions, Goodspeed Productions, Miramax

Overview:

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

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