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Raising Arizona

1987·94 min

Raising Arizona

Directed by Joel Coen

ComedyCrime

When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

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Nathan Arizona, Sr.

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Barry Sonnenfeld

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Raising Arizona (1987) is about when a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

Who directed Raising Arizona?

Joel Coen directed Raising Arizona (1987).

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