The Devil's Playground 1976 Movie

IMDB Rating 6.9  (1K)
Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is... More details

Directors

Fred Schepisi

Cast

Charles McCallumJohn FrawleyArthur Dignam

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