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Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends

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1989
1h 30m
7.7(3 votes)
TV Movie
Comedy

Overview

John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility.

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