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The Mosquito Coast
DramaAdventure3.2
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
November 26, 1986 · Directed by Peter Weir
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Runtime1h 59m
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