Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

"The man who saw it coming before it hit the fan."

1971

1h 30m

3.7(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.

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17 members

Acting

Barry Primus

Gnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis

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David Downing

Heff

Acting

Susan Tyrrell

Jack

Acting

Philip Shafer

Flip

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Bruce Davison

Fitzgore

Acting

Zack Norman

Mojo

Acting

Raúl Juliá

Juan Carlos Rosenbloom

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James Noble

Father Pettis

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Cynthia Harris

Beth

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Linda De Coff

Kristin

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Guy Deghy

Kovacs

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Nicholas Hammond

Agneau

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Paul Jabara

Heap

Acting

John P. Ryan

Oeuf

Acting

Calvin Jung

Harold Wong

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John Collin

Sergeant Woody

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Ved Bandhu

George Rajamuttu

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