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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 13,523 users
Metascore:
70/100
Reviews: 253 user | 89 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that. Director:David MametWriter:David Mamet |
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Dell's Bodyguard
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Olivia Tecosky | ... |
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Storyline
Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship. When the boss seems to set Ross up to get nothing, he seeks Dell's help. Then he learns Dell is not what he seems, so he contacts an FBI agent through his tightly-wound assistant, Susan Ricci. The FBI asks him to help entrap Dell. He accepts, a sting is arranged, but suddenly it's he who's been conned out of the process and framed for murder. Bewildered and desperate, he enlists Susan's aid to prove his innocence. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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It's the oldest con in the book. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for thematic elements including tension, some violent images and brief language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
La prisonnière espagnole See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$124,011 (USA) (5 April 1998) (7 Screens)Gross:
$10,162,034 (USA) (27 September 1998)Company Credits
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Susan Ricci: Yeah, long as I didn't take that as inducement to, you know, further intimacy.
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Written by Frank R. Adams (as Frank Adams), William M. Hough (as Will Hough),
Joseph E. Howard (as Joseph Howard) and Harold Orlob
Arranged by Play-Rite Music Rolls, Inc.
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During the scene in the airport near the end of the film, the fussy child drops his book in front of Joe (Campbell Scott). The book is "The Giving Tree" by the late Shel Silverstein. Silverstein was a close friend of Mamet's and the two co-wrote the film Things Change. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When Joe Ross makes his way through the carousel, a movie light can be seen in the background with a crew member and cases also visible for a few moments to the right of the light. See more »Quotes
Joe Ross: You could call me Joe.Susan Ricci: Yeah, long as I didn't take that as inducement to, you know, further intimacy.
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Connections
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Lost in Space/The Spanish Prisoner/Mercury Rising/Kurt & Courtney/Character" (1998) See more »Soundtracks
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"Written by Frank R. Adams (as Frank Adams), William M. Hough (as Will Hough),
Joseph E. Howard (as Joseph Howard) and Harold Orlob
Arranged by Play-Rite Music Rolls, Inc.
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