Jump

Apr 17, 1999

1h 31m

★ 1.5

Woke up on the wrong side of the ledge?

Overview

Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than he is.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Tripod Productions

Giv'en Films

Jupiter

Spike Productions

Jump Trailers

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Cast

Bicker

James LeGros

David

Mark Rosenthal

Carol

Jessica Hecht

Doug

Michael McGlone

Lisa

Amanda Peet

Julie

Samia Shoaib

Dominick

Peter Appel

Gordon

Reg Rogers

Stephanie

Ione Skye

Jerry

Richard Belzer

Dish Macense

Harvey Fierstein

Shrink

Hal Linden

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