Blueberry Hill (1988 film)

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Blueberry Hill
Directed byStrathford Hamilton
Written byLonon F. Smith
Produced byRon Altbach
Starring Jennifer Rubin
Carrie Snodgress
Margaret Avery
CinematographyDavid Lewis
Edited byMarcy Levitas Hamilton
Music byIra Ingber
Production
company
Distributed by MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blueberry Hill is a 1988 American coming of age drama film directed by Strathford Hamilton and starring Jennifer Rubin. [1]

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Premise

A small-town girl in the 1950s turns to a woman jazz singer for advice and comfort after her musician father dies suddenly. She discovers she has inherited her father's musical talents and learns some disturbing family secrets.

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