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Sugar Mountain

Sugar Mountain

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Sugar Mountain

2016

1h 47m

5.6(124 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Two brothers, down on their luck, fake a disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness so they'll have a great survival story to sell, but the hoax turns out to be more real than they planned.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Drew Roy

Drew Roy

Miles West

Haley Webb

Haley Webb

Lauren Huxley

Shane Coffey

Shane Coffey

Liam West

Melora Walters

Melora Walters

Tracey Huxley

Anna Hutchison

Anna Hutchison

Angie Miller

Crawford Wilson

Crawford Wilson

Deputy Bradley Dolan

John Karna

John Karna

Josh Miller

Nick Farnell

Nick Farnell

Eddie Swan

Steve Mouzakis

Steve Mouzakis

Randy Derdon

Patrick Sane

Patrick Sane

Sharky Bait

Creative team

Directed by: Richard Gray
Written by: Abe Pogos
Catherine Hill
Produced by: Nick Farnell
Steve Ponce

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