The Wool Cap
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This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.
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William H. Macy
Gigot
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Don Rickles
Ira
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Keke Palmer
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Cherise Boothe
Arleen
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Catherine O'Hara
Gloria
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Lucinda Davis
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Isabelle Champeau
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300
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Kwasi Songui
Joe
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Alison Sealy-Smith
Cheryl
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Tyrone Benskin
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Stephen Mwinga
CJ
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Steven Schachter Director · Jackie Gleason Story Jeff Beal Composer
United States release November 20, 2004 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Fox Television
Production
Dog Pond Productions
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20th Century Fox Television
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 20, 2004
Theatrical
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