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Money for Nothing (1993)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
Style:
light, intense, humorous, realistic, captivating, factual, detective, anamorphic, hilarious, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, california, new jersey
Keyword:
gangsters, buddy movie
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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