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1989Movie⏱️ 1h 50mR
CrimeDrama
5.7
IMDB Rating
14,745 votes

An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?

Director
Sidney Lumet
Writers
N/A
Stars
Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick
Release Date
December 15, 1989
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
as Jessie
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
as Vito
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
as Adam
Rosanna DeSoto
Rosanna DeSoto
as Elaine
Janet Carroll
Janet Carroll
as Margie
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson
as Christine
Bill McCutcheon
Bill McCutcheon
as Doheny
Deborah Rush
Deborah Rush
as Michele Dempsey
👤
Marilyn Cooper
as Rose
👤
Salem Ludwig
as Nat

💰 Box Office

$12,195,695
Worldwide Gross
$12,195,695
Domestic Gross
$2,130,024
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
2 Jericho Plaza, Jericho, Long Island, New York, USA
Production
Tri-Star Pictures, Gordon Company, Regency International Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

three generationsgeneration gapcareer criminalscottish americancaper comedy

🎯 Categories

CaperCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Odd, Sad Statement on Family Loyalty
by Snowgo2015-04-17
6/10

"Besides the three main characters reading like the beginning of a bad joke: "A Jew, A Sicilian and a Scot walk into a bar..", this is not a terrible movie. Connery, Hoffman and Broderick all were mis-cast. Connery just does not look like a con man: He looks like the president. Hmmm. Maybe a bad analogy. Why not get three people who look somewhat similar, maybe like Nick Nolte, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater? So, as I said, this movie is not god-awful. It is rather good, but there are one or two major complaints I have: Why is Broderick's character (Adam) angry at his fath..."

💡 Did You Know?

Sean Connery, who played Dustin Hoffman's father, is only seven years older than Hoffman.

📖 Synopsis

An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?