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A Lesson Before Dying
1999
105 minutes (1 hrs 45 mins)
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Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Starring
Don Cheadle · Cicely Tyson · Mekhi Phifer · Irma P. Hall · Brent Jennings · Lisa Arrindell
Release dates
US release22nd May 1999
Germany release1st November 1999
Sweden release30th March 2005
Certificates
US
PG-13
PG-13
Total grosses
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