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Firestarter (1985)
Description
As youths, Andy McGee and his future wife, Vicky, participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. They then gain telekinetic ability and years later have a child who is pyrokinetic.
As youths, Andy McGee and his future wife, Vicky, participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. They then gain telekinetic ability and years later have a child who is pyrokinetic.
Actors:
Jack Magner,
Cassandra Ward-Freeman,
Lisa Anne Barnes,
George P. Wilbur,
Laurens Moore,
Jeff Ramsey,
Drew Snyder
Jack Magner
1958
Cassandra Ward-Freeman
Lisa Anne Barnes
George P. Wilbur
Laurens Moore
2 December 1919, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Jeff Ramsey
Drew Snyder
25 September 1946, Buffalo, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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