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A comedy with serious relief - Hugo Pool
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Title: Hugo Pool

Release Date: 12 Dec 1997

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Nomadic Pictures, BMG Independents

Production Companies: Nomadic Pictures, BMG Independents

Overview: Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (50 votes)

Cast

  • Hugo Dugay: Alyssa Milano
  • Floyd Gaylen: Patrick Dempsey
  • Minerva: Cathy Moriarty
  • Henry Dugay: Malcolm McDowell
  • Franz Mazur: Robert Downey Jr.
  • Pool Supply Man: Mark Boone Junior
  • Strange Hitchhiker: Sean Penn
  • Chick Chicalini: Richard Lewis
  • Sad Old Man: Bert Remsen
  • Irwin: Chuck Barris
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