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Black Jack

1979Movie1 h 45 min

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IMDb6.7Rotten Tomatoes–73%
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Rotten Tomatoes–73%

Summary

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and travelling fairs, they find friendship in the most unlikely places.

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Metaphorically Truein 385 titlesFor example, in one of the earliest stories, a mafioso has a good kid framed for a crime he didn't commit, to use him as "spare parts" for his own spoiled rotten son.Adaptational Backstory Changein 262 titlesThe circumstances of how exactly Black Jack was blown up by a bomb as a child tend to change in every incarnation.All 175 tropes

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