The Hollywood Shorties

Nan
1h 24m
2016
7 /10 (3)

The larger-than-life story of the world's smallest professional basketball team

Overview

In 1980s Los Angeles, a professional dwarf basketball team composed of recognizable-but-typecast actors finds itself the unwitting vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects of curiosity.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 2016-03-12

Top Billed Cast

Jerry Maren

Tony Cox

George Rossitto

Kevin Thompson

Joe Gieb

Jimmy Briscoe

Martin Klebba

Billy Barty

Michael Gilden

Joseph S. Griffo

Ryan Steven Green

Robin Chappell

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