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Plot

Michael Ritchie, better known for his gentle satires of American social institutions, enters Don Siegel territory in the unusual crime thriller Prime Cut. Lee Marvin is surly collection agent Nick Devlin, who is hired by Chicago racketeer Jake (Eddie Egan) to collect an overdue payment from Kansas cattle baron Mary Ann (yes, Mary Ann!) (Gene Hackman). When Devlin travels west to get Jake's money from Mary Ann, he finds the cattle king mixed up in complex drug deals and pimping wild women -- two of which are Poppy and Violet (Sissy Spacek and Janit Baldwin -- both in their film debuts).
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
86min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/06/2005
DVD Release Date:
06/14/2005
Director(s):
Michael Ritchie
Starring:
Lee Marvin , Gene Hackman , Angel Tompkins , Gregory Walcott , Sissy Spacek
Themes:
Prostitutes
Keywords:
chase,credit,disposal,drug-dealer,enemy,extortion,factory,family-business,gangster,murder,prostitute/prostitution,revenge,sausage,slaughter-house