Handsome Harry

Handsome Harry

Can we ever change the past?

R 2009 · 94 min · ★ 5.5 · Crime, Drama

An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.

Directed by Bette Gordon · Written by Nicholas T. Proferes

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