The Commitments (1991)
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
Genre : Comedy, Drama, Music
Runtime : 1H 58M
Director : Alan Parker
Writer : Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle
Synopsis
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