Buy & Cell

19881988
RR
1h 35min

Buy & Cell (1988)

Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmate... Read allHerbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison un... Read allHerbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate ... Read all

Director
- Robert Boris
Writers
- Leonard Montana(story)
- Louis Peraino(story)
- Ken Krauss(screenplay)
Stars

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Buy & Cell (1988)

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Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again. —Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>

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Taglines
- Herbie and Sly were doing time, now they're doing fine
Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- R
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Roddy Piper is credited as "Cowboy". Piper, throughout much of his first stint in the WWF was a heel (villian) whose bodyguard was a wrestler named "Cowboy" Bob Orton.

Goofs
When Wolf fires off his shotgun in the yard during the fight, it's pointed directly at an inmate who is hanging from the wall to get a better view.

Crazy credits
The credits scroll over a scene with the warden being pestered by his crazed cell-mate VCR

Connections
References Rocky (1976)

Top review

Buy & Cell

Lame comedy about an ambitious young stockbroker who trades in his pin stripes for prison blues when he is framed for stock fraud. With the help of his fellow inmates, he parlays $300 into a successful company, only to take down the people who framed him.

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Jul 9, 1999

Release date
- June 16, 1988 (West Germany)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Zwei tolle Hechte im Knast
Filming locations
- Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies
- Empire Pictures
- Altar Productions
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Runtime
- 1h 35min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Ultra Stereo

Buy & Cell (1988)

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