
Trouble Is My Business (2018)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 56min
- Action, Adventure
- 03 Apr 2018 (USA)
- Movie
- 12 wins & 12 nominations.
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Cast
Vernon Wells | ... |
Detective Barry Tate
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Brittney Powell | ... |
Jennifer Montemar / Katherine Montemar
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Tom Konkle | ... |
Roland Drake
(as Thomas Konkle)
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David Beeler | ... |
Lew MacDonald
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Steve Tom | ... |
Gavron Grozney
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Jordana Capra | ... |
Evelyn Montemar
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Ben Pace | ... |
John Shannon
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Mark Teich | ... |
Manservant Rivers
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Gerrick Lavon | ... |
Richard Montemar
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William Jackson | ... |
Claude Allen
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Paul Hungerford | ... |
Bert the Cabbie
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Steve Olson | ... |
Officer Ostrowski
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Benton Jennings | ... |
Wilson Montemar
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Sean Konkle | ... |
Scottie the Newsie
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Ksenia Delaveri | ... |
Nadia
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Jana Banker | ... |
Bernice the Hotel Receptionist
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Laine Scandalis | ... |
Waitress Marylou
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E. Sean Griffin | ... |
Jake the Valet
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Doug Spearman | ... |
Officer Bradley
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Pete Handelman | ... |
Officer Paduano
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Patrick Higgins | ... |
Officer Burke
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Matt Forman | ... |
Officer Kreiger
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Carl Bryan | ... |
Officer Matthews / Voice of Russian Mob Messenger
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Paul Idelson | ... |
Hotel Cab Driver
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Gino C. Vianelli | ... |
Harold the Herald Reporter
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Joe Sobalo Jr. | ... |
Russian Goon #1
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Steve Moulton | ... |
Russian Goon #2
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Aaron LaPlante | ... |
Screaming Russian Guard
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Tyson O'Bannon | ... |
Hoodlum Kid
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Mollie Fitzgerald | ... |
Mavis the Maid
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Nihilist Gelo | ... |
Nadia's Kidnapper
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Julian Giantonio | ... |
Pencil'd Kidnapper
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David Allen Moore | ... |
Head Museum Guard
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Brian Greene | ... |
Museum Guard
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Jordan Destin | ... |
Museum Guard
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Patrick H. Breen | ... |
Museum Guard
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Brooks Wachtel | ... |
Newspaper Magnate (voice)
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Michael J. Smith | ... |
Police Dispatcher (voice)
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Mathew Spencer | ... |
Newspaper Photographer
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Lauren Byrnes | ... |
Jewelry Store Woman
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Dana Hamm | ... |
Drake's Ex-Wife In Picture
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Mark Jacobson | ... |
Extra
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Vaughan Murray | ... |
Extra
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Directed by
Tom Konkle |
Written by
Tom Konkle | ... | () |
Brittney Powell | ... | () |
Produced by
Tracey Adlai | ... | Producer: World Premiere |
David Beeler | ... | producer |
Mollie Fitzgerald | ... | line producer |
Tom Konkle | ... | executive producer |
Diana Lote | ... | line producer |
Brittney Powell | ... | producer |
Mike Smith | ... | executive producer |
Victor Solis | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Hayden Clement |
Cinematography by
Jesse Arnold | ||
P.J. Gaynard |
Editing by
Tom Konkle |
Production Design by
Reed Johns |
Art Direction by
Rae Deslich | ||
Justin Harris | ||
Carl Soto |
Set Decoration by
Jennifer Alondra Munoz | ... | (as Jennifer Munoz) |
Costume Design by
Eric Shane Johnson |
Makeup Department
Lindsay Dabalos | ... | makeup department head |
Rebecca Nicole | ... | makeup department head |
Sabrina Sweet | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Glenn Miller | ... | first assistant director |
Michelle Sugihara | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Arnold Dasilva | ... | construction coordinator |
Tom Konkle | ... | digital sets and props |
Mike Smith | ... | digital sets and props |
Michael Valenzuela | ... | construction foreman |
Sound Department
Nicholas Borsellino | ... | boom operator |
Trip Brock | ... | sound effects designer / supervising sound editor |
Ryan Deremer | ... | sound |
Demetri Evdoxiadis | ... | dialogue editor |
K. Joshua Fernberg | ... | sound editor |
Yancey 'Pon' Franco | ... | sound recordist |
Caleb Hollenback | ... | sound recordist |
Chuck Rockford | ... | sound |
Ian Shedd | ... | supervising dialogue editor |
Michael Toji | ... | VP: Post Production Services |
T.J. Yoshizaki | ... | boom operator / sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Lumen Actus | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Lumen Actus | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Mollie Fitzgerald | ... | visual effects associate supervisor |
Thor Melsted | ... | visual effects artist |
Mike Smith | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
Jin Kelley | ... | stunts consultant |
Camera and Electrical Department
Aric Abraham | ... | second assistant camera |
Jesse Arnold | ... | camera operator |
Sam Cohen-Wade | ... | gaffer / key grip |
Christopher Endom | ... | second assistant camera |
Jorge A. Gomez | ... | second assistant camera |
Nick Goto | ... | first assistant camera |
Seth Johnson | ... | camera operator |
Jay B. Julio | ... | best boy/electric |
Alex Keeme | ... | second assistant camera |
Ralph King | ... | lighting supervisor |
Jordan Lanham | ... | first assistant camera |
David Walter Lech | ... | electrician |
Thor Melsted | ... | digital imaging technician |
Rogelio Mosqueda | ... | first assistant camera |
Isabelo Pascual | ... | best boy grip |
Joey Rassool | ... | camera operator |
Chuck Rockford | ... | still photographer |
Michael Shanman | ... | rigging assistant chief lighting technician |
Benjamin Smyth | ... | grip |
Dewey Tann | ... | second assistant camera |
Gino C. Vianelli | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sierra Barrett | ... | set costumer |
Chantal Filson | ... | wardrobe consultant |
Marcie Hale | ... | seamstress |
Eric Shane Johnson | ... | wardrobe |
Charles Nohai | ... | tailor |
Veronica Teong | ... | seamstress |
Shea Wolfe | ... | key costumer |
Music Department
Daniel Beijbom | ... | composer: additional music |
Additional Crew
Justin Harris | ... | grip |
Jedediah Jenk | ... | production assistant |
Diana Lote | ... | production coordinator |
Aaron Louie | ... | production assistant |
Debbie Major | ... | stills photographer |
Jenifer Munoz | ... | production assistant |
Jeffrey Tobin | ... | production assistant |
Mike Tristano | ... | master armorer |
William Vu | ... | legal services |
Thanks
Mark Jacobson | ... | special thanks |
Douglas Kent | ... | special thanks |
Monica May | ... | special thanks |
Jim Sickonic | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Kristen Trattner | ... | special thanks / the producers wish to thank |
Gino C. Vianelli | ... | grateful thanks |
Production Companies
- Lumen Actus Productions (produced by)
Distributors
- 1091 Pictures (2018) (World-wide)
- Leomark Studios (2021) (World-wide) (Blu-ray)
- Random Media (2018) (World-wide)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Monkeyland Audio (post-production sound services)
- Monkeyland Audio (sound re-recording)
- Nickel Diner (special thanks)
- Pasadena Cemetery Association (special thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Los Angeles in 1947, everything should be sunny, but the smog creates a fog, a haze that permeates not just the lungs, but the psyches. Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales, while corrupt cops rule the underworld of the city and moral lines are anything but black and white. A dark, hard-boiled tale of love and betrayal, told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case. Ruined in the public eye and with the police. it seems like it's all over for Roland Drake. Then, redemption walks in - with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case - and into bed. He wakes up to her missing too, and a pool of blood where she used to be. After a nervous encounter with the equally skilled but unscrupulous Lew MacDonald, he is confronted by Katherine's blonde sister, Jennifer. She's a beautiful femme fatale who knows more than she should about everything and blackmails him into helping her. Their destiny becomes entwined in the dark descent that leads them on a hunt for a priceless gem and information peeled back to revel a twisted reality. Dogged by the corrupt police in the form of Detective Tate, Drake must navigate a sinister world of lies, betrayal, and murder with the menagerie of seedy characters. Drake might not be able to tell right from wrong anymore in a doomed love story, which could destroy him, Jennifer, and bury all the mysteries forever. Written by Thomas Konkle |
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Taglines | Trouble is his business, and business is good. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $1,200,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $265,000, 09 Sep 2019 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The film is made as a genre thriller for the same reasons that studios made film noir in the 1940's and 1950's but with an updated spin on the twisted character traits and style of classic hard-boiled literature, pulps and film noir. The director, Thomas Konkle, wanted to make something that was a homage to the films Out of The Past, The Big Combo and The Maltese Falcon in the same way that Raiders of the Lost Ark was a nod to the serials that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg enjoyed. The director of Trouble has studied filmmaking and acting and used his technical abilities and understanding of what actors needed to give their best to make much of what he had to work with in the production. All visual effects were done in house at Lumen Actus. See more » |
Movie Connections | References The Maltese Falcon (1941). See more » |