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Frailty (2002)
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
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A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Thriller, Crime
Written By:Brent Hanley
In Theaters:4/12/2002
Box Office:$17,400,000
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Cinerenta, David Kirschner Productions, American Entertainment Partners L.P., Lionsgate, Cinedelta
Cast
Bill Paxton
Director
Bill Paxton
Dad Meiks
Matthew McConaughey
Meiks
Powers Boothe
FBI Agent Wesley Doyle
Matt O'Leary
Young Fenton
Jeremy Sumpter
Young Adam
Luke Askew
Sheriff Smalls
Levi Kreis
Fenton Meiks
Derk Cheetwood
Agent Griffin Hull
Missy Crider
Becky Meiks
Alan Davidson
Brad White
Cynthia Ettinger
Cynthia Harbridge
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