The Boys in the Band
Sep 30 2020
•2h 1m
•Drama
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Cast
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Jim Parsons
Michael
Zachary Quinto
Harold
Matt Bomer
Donald
Andrew Rannells
Larry
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