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A Balasaur Score of 53 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 40%, Metacritic 43/100. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 706 1990s crime movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
145 audience votes
Key crew
- Klaus DoldingerOriginal Music Composer
- E. Max FryeScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
Cast
- Woody HarrelsonHarry Barber
- Gina GershonNina
- Elisabeth ShueRhea Malroux
- Rolf HoppeFelix Malroux
- Michael RapaportDonnelly
- Chloë SevignyOdette
- Tom WrightJohn Renick
- Marc MacaulayMiles Meadows
- Joe HickeyLawyer
- Ralph WilcoxJudge
- Peter Paul DeLeoBartender (as Peter Paul Deleo)
- Mal JonesEd
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookkidnappingcigarettefemme fatalescamwriterframed for a crimeset uptemptationnewspaper reporterransom demandrich daughter