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Only the Lonely

Cast

John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn View All

Crew

Chris Columbus (Screenplay), Chris Columbus (Director) View All

Release: May 24th, 1991

Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.

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Gideon58
Columbus really struck gold when he persuaded Maureen O'Hara to step in front of the movie cameras again for the first time since 1961 for her role as Rose Muldoon...O'Hara offers a real movie star turn here as a character who does and says a lot of unflattering things, but never resorts to caricatu....

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