
28 Nov 2007

The Savages
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
They steal a train -- they'll steal your heart.
Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a revolt by the other goated senior citizen residents against the establishment.
Harry Landers
J.D. Ashcroft
Ms. Davis
Mr. Scott
Marjorie Crane
Dr. Zoltan Polos
Captain Taylor
Lavinia Leventhal
Colonel Riddle
Sheriff
Milton Cohen
Alke Elam
Rapist
Jean Wallace
Tom Wallace
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