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The Mosquito Coast

on BBC Two England

Starring and
Allie Fox is a man with a vision. He seeks self-sufficiency - a life untainted by the modern world's corrupting influences. With boundless energy and grim determination he uproots his family to start afresh on Central America's
Mosquito Coast. However,
Allie's quest for paradise is a doomed dream with hellish consequences....
The director and star of Witness are reunited in this tense human drama, based on the best-selling novel by Paul Theroux.
(First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Paul Theroux
Screenplay:
Paul Schrader
Director:
Peter Weir
Allie Fox:
Harrison Ford
Mother:
Helen Mirren
Charlie:
River Phoenix
Jerry:
Jadrien Steele
April:
Hilary Gordon
Clover:
Rebecca Gordon
Clerk:
Jason Alexander
Mr Polski:
Dick O'Neill
MrsPolski:
Alice Sneed
Mr Semper:
Tiger Haynes
Captain Smalls:
William Newman
Rev Spellgood:
Andre Gregory
Mrs Spellgood:
Melanie Boland
Emily:
Martha Pumpton
Convert:
Raymond Clare
Man at bar:
Emory King

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