Richard Tuggle

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Richard Tuggle
Born (1948-08-08) August 8, 1948 (age 72)
Occupationdirector, writer

Richard Tuggle is an American film director and writer best known as the writer of Escape from Alcatraz , the writer and director of Tightrope , and the director of Out of Bounds . [1] [2] [3] [4]

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