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5 October 1990 (UK) morePlot:
A small-time Jewish racketeer, just out of prison, finds himself in a quandary. Returning to his old neighborhood... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Funny, cruel, mean-spirited moreCast
(Credited cast)| Martin Priest | ... | Harry Plotnick | |
| Ben Lang | ... | Leo | |
| Maxine Woods | ... | Kay | |
| Henry Nemo | ... | Max | |
| Jacques Taylor | ... | Jack | |
| Jean Leslie | ... | Irene | |
| Ellen Herbert | ... | Mae | |
| Sandra Kazan | ... | Margie | |
| Ronald Coralian | ... | Mel Skolnik | |
| Max Ulman | ... | Sidney | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Louis Basile | ... | Doctor | |
| Margo Ann Berdeshevsky | ... | Millie (as Margo Solin) | |
| Ethel Burke | ... | Ida | |
| Stephen Cheng | ... | Jimmy Hong | |
| Sarah Christie | ... | Tillie | |
| Christopher Cross | ... | Telethon MC | |
| Hollis Culver | ... | Call Girl | |
| Shirley Ann Davis | ... | Call Girl | |
| Angelo DeLuca | ... | Natale | |
| Ron Fredrics | ... | T.V. floor manager | |
| Hal Friedlander | ... | Dog Trainer | |
| Sylvia Glickman | ... | Miss Pike | |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | ... | Carlos | |
| Paul E. Guskin | ... | Stevie | |
| W. Harris | ... | Julie | |
| Seymour M. Heilbron | ... | Commissioner | |
| Jack Hirsch | ... | Dr. Feinstein | |
| Ronald F. Hoiseck | ... | T.V. floor director--Ron Fredericks | |
| B. Michael Kamber | ... | Lawyer | |
| Mike Longo | ... | Singer | |
| Leonard Margolin | ... | Commander | |
| José Ocasio | ... | Jesus | |
| Nicholas Ponzini | ... | Tony | |
| Zviah Ralbag | ... | Hattie | |
| Ruth Roemer | ... | Linda Skolnik | |
| Henry Rothblatt | ... | Lawyer | |
| Stanley Schneider | ... | Doctor (as Stan Schneider) | |
| Ed Setrakian | ... | Vitale | |
| Neil Shapiro | ... | Sammy Warner | |
| Jeanette Wilkins | ... | Cheryl | |
| Paul Zayas | ... | Fernando | |
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The film was shot in black and white in the late 1960s and was not given a proper release. Almost exactly twenty years later, in 1989, it was discovered and given a proper release for the first time. moreFAQ
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If Diane Arbus made a comedy from a script by Ernest Lehman and Cliffford Odets, the result would LOOK a lot like The Plot Against Harry. This is an icy-hearted comedy with scarcely a normal-looking human being in sight. Nearly everyone is some sort of New York Jewish grotesque. And yet there are dribs and drabs of sympathetic characterization throughout, as well as a fascinating and broad sociological survey of a range of urban types. We move easily from gangster-limo to garmento fashion-show, to a heart-charity telethon where an impossibly bland crooner entertains on the improbably shoddy set of a TV studio. By the end, you're rooting for Harry, a small-time hood with the personality of a pickled whitefish. This movie is one of my all-time favorites.