Inventing the Abbotts
Apr 04, 1997 | IMDB 6.3
110 min Watch NowDrama, Romance
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
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IMDB 4.8 | Apr , 2005
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IMDB 3.9 | May , 2009
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