Cookbook for Southern Housewives

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Overview

A 1970s Southern housewife trapped in a loveless marriage becomes involved with a mobster, forcing her to choose between safe domesticity and a dangerous life of passion.

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8 members

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Michael Madsen

Kingsley

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David Koechner

Mick

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Michael Evans Behling

Burke

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Shahadi Wright Joseph

Ruby

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Monika Casey

Francine

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Sandi McCree

Officer Jennings

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Douglas Jung

James Bell

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Kevin Changaris

John

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