The Image

The Image

4.9IMDb Score
Released:1990-01-27
Duration:89 min
Director:Peter Werner
Actors:Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason
Production:HBO Films

Overview:

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.

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