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American Made (2017)

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The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.

Release Date
September 29, 2017
Director
Doug Liman
Runtime
115 minutes
Main Genre
Action

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