Film

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

  • Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime
  • 104 min
  • PG

It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.

Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

FantasyAnimationComedyCrimelovesicknessbased on novel or bookfalsely accusedmovie businessinnocencesuspicion of murdercartoonvillainmental breakdownmelancholywhodunitlos angeles, california

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