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Palookaville(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-09-07
59%
42 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
One foot in the door. The other one in the gutter.
Overview:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $315,230.00
ProductionCompanies:
Redwave Films
Playhouse International Pictures
Public Television Playhouse Inc.
Movie: Palookaville
Top 10 Billed Cast
William Forsythe
Sid Dunleavy
Vincent Gallo
Russell Pataki
Adam Trese
Jerry
Gareth Williams
Ed the Cop
LisaGay Hamilton
Betty, Jerry's Wife
Kim Dickens
Laurie, Russell's Girlfriend
Suzanne Shepherd
Mother
Nicole Burdette
Chris
Robert LuPone
Ralph
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