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The Broken Tower
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
James Franco
Casts & Crew
James Franco
Stacey Miller
Vince Jolivette
Betsy Franco
Dave Franco
David Rothstadt
David Gerson
Sean Patrick Murray
Gary Abrams
Ira Berkowitz
Michael Shannon
Richard Abate
Paul Mariani
Dylan Goodwin
Caroline Aragon
Sebastián Celis
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