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15 December 1989 (USA)
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There's nothing like a good robbery... to bring a family together.
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Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else...
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Kristen Stewart: 'I Know What People Say About Me'
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A&E Officially in Jackson Family Business
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(From Extra. 16 October 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)
A&E Officially in Jackson Family Business
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This movie taught me a lesson
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Connery | ... | Jessie McMullen |
 | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Vito McMullen |
 | Matthew Broderick | ... | Adam McMullen |
 | Rosanna DeSoto | ... | Elaine (as Rosana DeSoto) |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Margie, Waitress at Dohenys |
| Victoria Jackson | ... | Christine, Adam's Girl |
| Bill McCutcheon | ... | Danny Doheny, Bar Owner |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Michele Dempsey, Adam's Lawyer |
| Marilyn Cooper | ... | Rose Gruden, Elaine's Mother |
| Salem Ludwig | ... | Nat Gruden, Elaine's Dad |
| Rex Everhart | ... | Ray Garvey, Jessie's Lawyer |
| James Tolkan | ... | Judge in 2nd Trial (as James S. Tolkan) |
| Marilyn Sokol | ... | Marie, Vitel Meat Bookeeper |
| Thomas A. Carlin | ... | Neary the Undertaker |
| Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Phil, Selling Things That Fell Off a Truck |
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110 min
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Singapore:PG |
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South Korea:15 |
Brazil:12 |
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Continuity: Two stains on the right shoulder area of Adam's jacket appear and disappear during his argument with his father outside the cafe.
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Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
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I've got to learn to stop believing the studio-generated hype on movie jackets. To look at the summary, Family Business would appear to be a comedy...."laughs and larceny!" Whoever thought this movie is funny has a weird sense of humor. For me, it did not achieve even black comedy status. A couple of gaping holes in the plot almost made me eject it from the player. Were it not for the star power and consummate acting of Hoffman and Connery, I wouldn't have made it through to the end. And it may have been the first time for both of them to play characters we never really get to know. Broderick is wasted on a character that whines throughout the story. Glad I didn't pay full-tilt admission at a theater when this was first released.