Big Shots(1987)
They stole a Mercedes with a body in the trunk. Who says 11 year olds don't know how to have fun?
Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a young hustler and, after stealing a gangster's car, the two embark on an adventure down south in search of the hustler's estranged father.
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