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| Directed by | Boris Sagal |
| Written by | Charles E. Israel |
| Starring | Sophia Loren Steve Railsback John Vernon John Huston |
| Cinematography | Marc Champion |
| Edited by | Yves Langlois |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United States Italy |
| Language | English |
Angela is a 1978 Canadian drama film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Sophia Loren and Steve Railsback. [1]
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A war veteran finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the veteran's prison term ends.
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