Just Like America

Just Like America

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Just Like America

1988

1h 53m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Frigyes, shortly after immigrating to New York City from Hungary, leaves his family for the pleasures and gratifications of being a street bum. But as time goes by, the appeal of this lifestyle wanes. A series of adventures with other drifters reaches a dramatic conclusion when some thugs murder one of them. This startling event forces Frigyes to come to terms with his current situation and decide whether to return to the family he abandoned.

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7 members

Acting

Andor Lukáts

Frigyes Tölgyesi

Andor Lukáts

Acting

Trula Hoosier

Jude

Trula Hoosier

Acting

Stafford Ashani

David

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Acting

Erika Bodnár

Mrs. Tölgyesi

Erika Bodnár

Acting

Ádám Szirtes

Tölgyesi's father-in-law

Ádám Szirtes

Acting

György Cserhalmi

Tölgyesi's brother-in-law

György Cserhalmi

Acting

Steven Marcus

Joe Horatio

Steven Marcus

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