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Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale

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Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

October 4, 2018 · Directed by Drew Goddard

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Cast & crew

Jeff Bridges
Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Cynthia Erivo
Darlene Sweet
Lewis Pullman
Miles Miller
Dakota Johnson
Emily Summerspring
Cailee Spaeny
Rose Summerspring
Jon Hamm
Laramie Seymour Sullivan / Dwight Broadbeck
Chris Hemsworth
Billy Lee
Nick Offerman
Felix O'Kelly
Xavier Dolan
Buddy Sunday
Shea Whigham
Dr. Woodbury Laurence
Mark O'Brien
Larsen Rogers
Charles Halford
Sammy Wilds

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