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American Dreamer
American Dreamer
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2022
1h 46m
6.0(81 votes)
Comedy

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In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.

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