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The Crush
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Alan Shapiro
Alan Shapiro
Casts & Crew
Cary Elwes
Alicia Silverstone
Jennifer Rubin
Kurtwood Smith
Amber Benson
Gwynyth Walsh
Deborah Hancock
Beverley Elliott
Andrew Airlie
Sheila Paterson
Brent Chapman
James Kidnie
Matthew Walker
Also Directed by Alan Shapiro
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