Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

That's just the way it was back then.

20181h 35mReleased

Comedy

A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.

Released: Mar 2, 2018

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Lenny Von Dohlen

Oskar Knight

Margaret O'Brien

Self

David Suchet

Self

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