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The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 13,849 users
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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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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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Can you really trust anyone? 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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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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Airport Security: What is the purpose of your trip, please?
Joe Ross: Business.
Airport Security: Thank you and welcome to St. Estéphe.
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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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'Money makes the mare go' comes from an old English proverb 'It's money makes the mare to go' (1670). See more »Goofs
Continuity: Moments before Susan suggests to Joe that they go to Boston because it's Saint Patrick's day there (17 March) and no one will be looking for him, they are driving past autumn foliage. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Airport Security: What is the purpose of your trip, please?
Joe Ross: Business.
Airport Security: Thank you and welcome to St. Estéphe.
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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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