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A Lesson Before Dying

 1999
 105 minutes (1 hrs 45 mins)
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Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Starring

Don Cheadle · Cicely Tyson · Mekhi Phifer · Irma P. Hall · Brent Jennings · Lisa Arrindell

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Release dates

US release date US release
22nd May 1999
Germany release date Germany release
1st November 1999
Sweden release date Sweden release
30th March 2005

Certificates

US
PG-13

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