Jack the Bear

Jack the Bear

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1993-04-02
Duration:99 min
Director:Marshall Herskovitz
Actors:Danny DeVito, Gary Sinise, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reese Witherspoon, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Production:Lucky Dog Productions, American Filmworks, 20th Century Fox

Overview:

Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.

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