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Jane Got a Gun

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language: English
director: Gavin O'Connor
actor: Alex Manette Ewan McGregor Joel Edgerton Natalie Portman Noah Emmerich Rodrigo Santoro
writer: Anthony Tambakis Brian Duffield Joel Edgerton

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After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn’t seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband’s gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.

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