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| Sean Connery | ... | Jessie | |
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Vito | |
| Matthew Broderick | ... | Adam | |
| Rosanna DeSoto | ... | Elaine (as Rosana DeSoto) | |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Margie | |
| Victoria Jackson | ... | Christine | |
| Bill McCutcheon | ... | Doheny | |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Michele Dempsey | |
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Marilyn Cooper | ... | Rose |
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Salem Ludwig | ... | Nat |
| Rex Everhart | ... | Ray Garvey | |
| James Tolkan | ... | Judge (as James S. Tolkan) | |
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Marilyn Sokol | ... | Marie |
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Thomas A. Carlin | ... | Neary |
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Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Phil |
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Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and line-ups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past, and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past. So when Adam approaches Jessie with a scheme for a burglary he's shocked, but not necessarily uninterested. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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generation gap | career criminal | scottish american | caper comedy | caper |Taglines:
There's nothing like a good robbery... to bring a family together.Parents Guide:
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15 December 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$2,130,024, 17 December 1989, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$12,195,695Company Credits
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Final collaboration of Sir Sean Connery and Director Sidney Lumet. Their other movies are The Hill (1965), The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Offence (1973), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). See more »Goofs
When Vito leaves the lawyer's office in the parking lot he asks the attendant if he saw a Cadillac Fleetwood leaving. The car they were driving was actually an Eldorado. See more »Quotes
Jessie: Hey, you bald-headed prick! Don't you ever get caught on the take. Because if you wind up in any joint I'm in, you'll leave feet first.See more »
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Good acting. I was quite surprised with the end result. Three blockbusters with an excellent supporting cast.
Seeing that this was Connery and Hoffman, billed together with Broderick, I was expecting a real thriller. Ouch! Sitting way out in the audience, even I had to think. This film is a brain-teaser from start to finish, and gently plucks at the emotions. When you rent it, or go to see it, pay attention.
A criminal family, torn between right and wrong? How could this be?
Cute, innocent Victoria Jackson, as Christine, plays Matthew Broderick's, Adam's, fiancée, and is revealed to be someone even lower than this three-generation family of thieves.
Fascinating, ironic, clever, well done . . .