Plot & Details
Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Tyne Daly star in this gritty crime drama. Falk plays the owner of a local bar who has taken bets for a Mafia gambling ring for years, watching out for his customers and never letting them get in too far over their heads. But that all changes when a mobster appoints his hot-headed, drug-abusing nephew (Prinze) to be his new collection agent. The young gangster takes a huge bet from an out-of-work alcoholic (Hutton) who has been forbidden from gambling in the past, and when he can't pay it off, he demands the man's wife (Holly) give him her body as payment. The barkeep knows his new partner has gone too far -- but what can he do to stop him without endangering the lives of his family?
- Genre(s): Crime and Mystery,Thriller
- Run Time: 96min.
- DVD Release Date: 04/27/1999
- Director(s): Graham Theakston
- Themes: Gambling,One Against the Mob
- Tone: Bleak,Downbeat,Gritty,Tense
- Keywords: agent [representative],alcoholism,bar [pub],collection,criminal,debt,gambling,gangster,payment,wager
- Language: English
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