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Certificate PG

Cast Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern Catherine O'Hara

Directors Chris Columbus

Screenwriters John Hughes

Running Time 103 minutes

Home Alone
A hugely successful family comedy which overnight turned Macaulay Culkin into the most famous kid on the planet

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Plot
After he is accidentally left behind when his family depart for France, eight year-old Kevin McAllister must defend the family home against two rather inept burglars. In the process young Kevin discovers previously untapped stores of ingenuity.

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