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Joe Johnston directed Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

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2011·124 min

Captain America: The First Avenger

Name: Captain America: The First Avenger
Director: Joe Johnston
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2011
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 7.004
Cast: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving

Directed by Joe Johnston

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During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.