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`Moll' inspired by Defoe, carried off with style

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19960614
Author:Roger Ebert

MOLL FLANDERS (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Moll Flanders Robin Wright Hibble Morgan Freeman Mrs. Allworthy Stockard Channing Artist John Lynch Mrs. Mazzawatti Brenda Fricker Written and directed by Pen Densham. Based on the character from the novel by Daniel Defoe. Running time: 123 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for violence, nudity and sex-related material). Opening today at local theaters. ``Moll Flanders" tells the story of a child born in prison to a mother who is hanged immediately afterward. Sent to a convent, she stabs a priest with a knitting needle when he tries to fondle her, and ...

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