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Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
PG
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Family
Fantasy

Release Date
June 21, 1988
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Cast
Bob Hoskins , Christopher Lloyd , Joanna Cassidy , Charles Fleischer , Stubby Kaye , Alan Tilvern
Runtime
103
Main Genre
Animation
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Writers
Gary K. Wolf , Jeffrey Price , Peter S. Seaman
Tagline
It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.

Summary

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.

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