Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ellen Barkin | ... | Margaret Wells | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Nelson Crowe | |
| Frank Langella | ... | Vic Grimes | |
| Michael Beach | ... | Tod Stapp | |
| Gia Carides | ... | Julie Ames | |
| David Ogden Stiers | ... | Judge Beach | |
| Daniel Hugh Kelly | ... | Les Goodwin | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Walter Curl | |
| James Hong | ... | Bobby Birdsong | |
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Tegan West | ... | Al |
| Fred Henderson | ... | John Cartwain | |
| Michelle Beaudoin | ... | Wanda | |
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Sherry Bie | ... | Mrs. Beach |
| Alan Robertson | ... | Phil | |
| L. Harvey Gold | ... | Doctor | |
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Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust??? Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Bribery. Blackmail. Murder. Specialities of the house.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some graphic shootings, strong sexuality and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 January 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,459,824, 22 January 1995Gross USA:
$3,674,841Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,674,841Company Credits
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Margaret Wells: [lustfully] Isn't he, though?
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Adapted and arranged by Gene Norman
Performed by Calimba Steel Band
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Writer Ross Thomas came up with the idea for the script based on his military experiences about when soldiers are decommissioned and used in the private sector doing various different "black bag" operations such the Iran/Contra Scandal for example. See more »Goofs
When the woman in the beginning says ten minutes she has her hand on her cheek but in the next scene she does not. See more »Quotes
Vic Grimes: [of Nelson Crowe] He is a nasty piece of work.Margaret Wells: [lustfully] Isn't he, though?
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Featured in At the Movies: Bad Company/Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog/Murder in the First/Higher Learning/S.F.W./Strawberry and Chocolate (1995) See more »Soundtracks
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING INTraditional
Adapted and arranged by Gene Norman
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This movie is proof-positive that everything is not for everyone,and in this case,that is unfortunate.The criticisms leveled at this film usually mention its 'slow pace' or its 'simplistic writing',as if every film needs to be directed by John Woo or written by David Mamet.I enjoyed it tremendously because it spit in the face of the usual textbook narrative themes found in nearly every movie made before or since.It champions its amoral characters,treating them like golden gods and giving them plenty of room to play.When you've found a film where the most sympathetic character is someone's conniving mistress,it is cause for much celebration! These characters are not just amoral,they are deliciously amoral and quite nonchalant about it!
I love the degree of sophistication that each character possesses,treating each other as petty contrivances standing in the way of their decidedly selfish goals.They absolutely reek of elegance.Even their conflicts are handled in a gentlemanly manner,like being slapped with a silk glove instead of the customary right cross or knee to the groin.The bullets flying about even seem to adhere to some sort of proper etiquette!The characters even refuse to die wearing anything off the rack!
This film is more about gracious duels than cacophonous shoot-outs and car chases.It is,quite simply,a film for the sophisticate.The person who admires the cool detachment of Hannibal Lecter(minus his dietary proclivities),or the person who has an especially warm spot for humorous lines that only aspire to deliver a wicked grin instead of a hearty guffaw.This movie fully realizes that most of its characters are unapologetic elitists,and it applauds them.Nowhere is this more clear than in the character portrayed by Daniel Hugh Kelly.His elegantly evil performance is so deliciously smarmy that it was obviously created for the sole purpose of providing that wicked grin that I spoke of before.
If you consider yourself more trip-hop than hip-hop,more Oscar De La Renta than Old Navy,more Paris in the spring than Peoria in the summer,then this is the film for you!