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Lake Placid

Movie·1999·Horror, Comedy, Action·1h 22m·5.9 (1,260)·Directed by Steve Miner

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When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

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Bill PullmanBill PullmanJack WellsBridget FondaBridget FondaKelly ScottOliver PlattOliver PlattHector CyrBrendan GleesonBrendan GleesonSheriff Hank KeoughBetty WhiteBetty WhiteMrs. Delores BickermanDavid James LewisDavid James LewisWalt LawsonTim DixonTim DixonStephen DanielsNatassia MaltheNatassia MaltheJanine

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