The Chaperone is inspired by a potentially interesting real-life story, but loses its sharpest and timeliest angles in the telling.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Michael Engler -
Producer -
Kelly Carmichael , Greg Clark , Rose Ganguzza , Victoria Hill , Elizabeth McGovern , Luca Scalisi -
Screenwriter -
Julian Fellowes -
Distributor -
PBS Distribution , Masterpiece Films -
Production Co -
WGBH Boston , Anonymous Content , Rose Pictures , PBS , Fibonacci Films -
Genre -
History , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 29, 2019, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 10, 2019 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$599.6K -
Runtime -
1h 43m
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