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Child's Play

1972·100 min

Child's Play

Directed by Sidney Lumet

DramaMysteryThriller

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

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Jerome Malley

Joseph Dobbs

Paul Reis

Father Mozian

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Gerald Hirschfeld

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

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Mrs. Carter

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Jennings

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Shea

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McArdle

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Child's Play (1972) is about at an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.

Who directed Child's Play?

Sidney Lumet directed Child's Play (1972).

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