North Beach (film)

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North Beach
Directed byJed Mortenson
Richard Speight Jr.
Written byCasey Peterson
Produced byJed Mortenson
Casey Peterson
Starring
  • Casey Peterson
  • Richard Speight Jr.
Cinematography Mark Herzig
Edited byDavid Crowther
Production
companies
Dirk and Morty
Fur Boat Films
Distributed byLeo Films
Release date
  • June 7, 2000 (2000-06-07)(Newport)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

North Beach is a 2000 American comedy-drama film co-directed by and starring Richard Speight Jr. [1]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Reception

James Brundage of Contactmusic.com gave the film four and a half stars out of five. [2]

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References

  1. Jones, Oliver (26 June 2000). "North Beach". Variety . Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. Brundage, James (November 2005). "North Beach Review". Contactmusic.com . Retrieved 13 December 2017.