Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
Genre : Drama, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : Richard T. Heffron
Writer : Clifford Campion
Synopsis
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.
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