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Back by Midnight (2002) -- A prison warden (Rodney Dangerfield) tries to turn the facility into a country club to raise money for needed improvements in this comedy
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Director:
Harry Basil
Writers (WGA):
Harry Basil (written by) &
Rodney Dangerfield (written by)
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Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Mr. one liners meets the hard timers. more
Plot:
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Rodney Dangerfield ... Jake Puloski

Randy Quaid ... Eli Rockwood

Kirstie Alley ... Gloria Beaumont

Phil LaMarr ... Mile Away

Paul Rodriguez ... Next Week

Harland Williams ... Sheriff Hubbard

Marty Belafsky ... Jerk Off

Tony Cox ... Smitty

Jsu Garcia ... Carlos
Joe Nipote ... Ears

Lisa Arturo ... Candy

Ed Begley Jr. ... Robert Wade

Nell Carter ... Waitress
Gilbert Gottfried ... Security Guard

Leo Rossi ... Rusty
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and language.
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Smitty: I don't think the strippers and blow up dolls were such a good idea.
Jake Puloski: You're right, next year we'll just get a karaoke machine.
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11 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Rodney is not the main character, 27 August 2005
1/10
Author: benbenbenben from United States

Rodney Dangerfield isn't the main character of this movie. He's barely in it. Most of the screen time is dominated by unfunny jokes. One running gag is that a character is named Jerk Off. There are also lots of erection jokes, where the punch line is someone has an erection. This movie is as funny as Kirstie Ally's British accent is convincing.

This movie started off like a weak action movie: five minutes of back story and then bam! Unfunny jokes. But, aside from the terrible writing, the movie is also poorly directed and the acting is terrible. Also, this movie does the old bad comedy cliché of having lots of well-known B-movie actors. Harland Williams, Gilbert Godfried, Randy Quaid, and Phil La Mar. These are just some of the people that spend more time on the screen than Rodney, even though he's billed as the main character. Don't be surprised to find this movie at a drug store selling for five bucks. Even that is too much.

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