Ruby

Name: Ruby
Director: John Mackenzie
Released: 1992-01-01

1992 film by John Mackenzie

FilmfilmQ3280332

Released: 1992
, September 3, 1992
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1.Stated in Lexicon of international films
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, March 27, 1992
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0105291/releaseinfo/Retrieved 2023-12-19
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Director: John Mackenzie
Screenwriter: Stephen Davis
Producer: Steve Golin
Cast: Danny Aiello
, Sherilyn Fenn
, Arliss Howard
, Marc Lawrence
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Runtime: 110 min
Genre: biographical film
, crime film
, drama film
Country of origin: Japan
, United States
, United Kingdom

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Ruby is a 1992 drama film directed by John Mackenzie, centered on Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald—the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy—in the basement garage of a Dallas police station in 1963. The film stars Danny Aiello as Ruby, Sherilyn Fenn as Sheryl Ann DuJean, and Arliss Howard. It is based on a play by British screenwriter Stephen Davis. Ruby was released in the United States three months after the premiere of Oliver Stone's film JFK.

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Narrative location: Texas
Dallas
Director of photography: Phil Méheux
Main subject: assassination of John F. Kennedy
Title: Ruby
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Color: color
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 45%(February 26, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 11 critic review
5.3/10(October 8, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Ruby”Retrieved 2021-10-08
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MPA film rating: R rating certificate id: 31663
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0105291/parentalguideRetrieved 2023-12-19
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/80849Retrieved 2024-05-22
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Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Violence
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/ruby/Retrieved 2025-07-27
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