Backroad Motel

2001

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Drama

Overview

A nine story anthology featuring various dregs, druggies, the innocent and the doomed inhabiting a dingy motel room somewhere along Route 66.

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17 members

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Charles Santore

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Eric Beer

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Sarah Aldrich

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Brandon Camacho

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Dana Hargitay

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Tanya Marten

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Ken Abraham

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Wendy Latta

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Jeremy Bentivegna

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Ashley Thomas Osler

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Max Goldberg

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Joe Syracuse

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Barbara Nickell

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Tyler Ford

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Tracy Fraim

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Frank Ruotolo

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Paul Malcolm Pruett

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