B.O.R.N.

B.O.R.N.

B.O.R.N.

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B.O.R.N.

"Your Kidney or Your Life!"

1989

1h 32m

4.5(6 votes)

Thriller

Horror

Overview

A speeding ambulance abducts three beautiful young women to a sinister medical center where someone is making a killing selling healthy human organs on the black market.

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Troma Entertainment

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ross Hagen

Ross Hagen

Buck Cassidy

P. J. Soles

P. J. Soles

Liz

Hoke Howell

Hoke Howell

Charlie Stock

Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

Hugh

Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake

Rosie

Rance Howard

Rance Howard

Robert Morrison

Clint Howard

Clint Howard

Jerry

Claire Polan

Claire Polan

Della Cassidy

Debra Lamb

Debra Lamb

Sue

Kelly Mullis

Kelly Mullis

Marybeth

Creative team

Directed by: Ross Hagen
Written by: Hoke Howell
Ross Hagen
Produced by: Claire Polan

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