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The Secret Life of Algernon

Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 15, 1997
Year: 1997
Runtime:106 min
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Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and enjoys making things out of bones… he boils a neighbor’s dead dog for the bones… and he is visited by an old friend who is dying of ailments and thus commits suicide, leaving a million dollars in a suitcase. A woman claiming to be interested in Algernon’s Egyptologist great grandfather pretends to be in love with Algernon… and he almost falls for it.

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