It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
Drama
An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.
Director
Jacob Burckhardt
Writers
Jacob Burckhardt, Reed Bye, Rochelle Kraut
Stars
William S. Burroughs, Reed Bye, Vincent D'Onofrio
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast
William S. Burroughs
as Mafioso
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Reed Bye
as Warren
Vincent D'Onofrio
as Bennie
Allen Ginsberg
as Lawyer
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Bob Holman
as Guy Who Calls the Horse Race
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William Rice
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Mary Tepper
🎬 Technical Specs
Color
Color
🏷️ Keywords
independent film
🎯 Categories
Drama
⭐ Featured Review
2.5 Out of 10: 1 point each for the beat poets, .5 for D'Onofrio
"This is a story about the misadventures of Warren (Reed Bye) a Brooklyn filmmaker who has his documentary film about pigeon racing in Brooklyn stolen from him (along with cash he's just withdrawn from an ATM at 3 am) by two Brooklyn teenage hoods Bennie (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Angela. The rest of 'Honest Citizen' shows Warren flailing around and going through the motions (you can't really call what Reed Bye does 'acting') of trying to recover his documentary (which we never see more than a few seconds of and that's in the opening credits) and encounterin..."
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📖 Synopsis
An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.