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Growing up is hard to do. - Slums of Beverly Hills
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Title: Slums of Beverly Hills

Release Date: 14 Aug 1998

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: South Fork Pictures

Production Companies: South Fork Pictures

Overview: In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Additional Information

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (229 votes)

Cast

  • Vivian Abromowitz: Natasha Lyonne
  • Murray Samuel Abromowitz: Alan Arkin
  • Rita Abromowitz: Marisa Tomei
  • Rickey Abromowitz: Eli Marienthal
  • Ben Abromowitz: David Krumholtz
  • Eliot Arenson: Kevin Corrigan
  • Doris: Jessica Walter
  • Rachel Hoffman: Mena Suvari
  • Mickey: Carl Reiner
  • Charlie the Cook: Harris Laskawy
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