Overview
Tagline:
There's nothing like a good robbery... to bring a family together.
Plot:
Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else...
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Disappointingly flat comedy...
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| Sean Connery | ... | Jessie McMullen |

| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Vito McMullen |

| Matthew Broderick | ... | Adam McMullen |
 | Rosanna DeSoto | ... | Elaine (as Rosana DeSoto) |
 | Janet Carroll | ... | Margie, Waitress at Dohenys |
 | Victoria Jackson | ... | Christine, Adam's Girl |
 | Bill McCutcheon | ... | Danny Doheny, Bar Owner |
 | Deborah Rush | ... | Michele Dempsey, Adam's Lawyer |
 | Marilyn Cooper | ... | Rose Gruden, Elaine's Mother |
 | Salem Ludwig | ... | Nat Gruden, Elaine's Dad |
 | Rex Everhart | ... | Ray Garvey, Jessie's Lawyer |
 | James Tolkan | ... | Judge in 2nd Trial (as James S. Tolkan) |
 | Marilyn Sokol | ... | Marie, Vitel Meat Bookeeper |
 | Thomas A. Carlin | ... | Neary the Undertaker |
 | Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Phil, Selling Things That Fell Off a Truck |
 | Isabell O'Connor | ... | Judge in 1st Trial (as Isabell Monk) |
 | Wendell Pierce | ... | Prosecutor in 1st Trial |
 | James Carruthers | ... | Clerk in 1st Trial |

| Jack O'Connell | ... | John, Police Lieutenant |
 | John Capodice | ... | Tommy |

| Luis Guzmán | ... | Julio Torres, Vitel Meat Worker |
 | Dermot A. McNamara | ... | Casket Mourner |
 | William Preston | ... | Flask Mourner |

| John Connell | ... | Wake 'Suit' Cop (as John P. Connell) |
 | Raymond H. Bazemore | ... | 'Caper' Guard |
 | Willie C. Carpenter | ... | 'Caper' Cop |
 | Conard Fowkes | ... | 'Caper' Detective |
 | B.D. Wong | ... | Jimmy Chiu, Adam's MIT Prof |
 | Hal Lehrman | ... | Assistant D.A. |
 | Nick Discenza | ... | Detective #1 |
 | Ed Crowley | ... | Charlie |
 | Arthur Pierce | ... | Convict |

| Alberto Vazquez | ... | Prisoner #1 (as Alberto Vázquez) |
 | Jose Machado | ... | Prisoner #2 |
 | June Stein | ... | Diner Waitress |

| David Warshofsky | ... | Lawyer's Parking Attendant |
 | John E. Byrd | ... | Van Guard |
 | Joe Lisi | ... | Desk Sergeant |
 | Elizabeth A. Reilly | ... | Phil's Girlfriend |
 | Tom Dillon | ... | Tenor #1, Kevin |
 | Paul Forrest | ... | Tenor #2, Michael |
 | Karen Needle | ... | Denise a Hooker |
 | Susan Korn | ... | Margo a Hooker |
 | Aideen O'Kelly | ... | Widow Doheny |
 | George Kodisch | ... | Wake Cop #1 |
 | Mary T. Fay | ... | Lady Mourner #1 |
 | Patricia Fay | ... | Lady Mourner #2 |
 | Jery Hewitt | ... | Stunt Cop #1 (as Jerry Hewitt) |
 | Danny Aiello III | ... | Stunt Cop #2 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |

| Nick Vallelonga | ... | Courtroom Guard arresting Sean Connery (uncredited) |
Crew believed to be complete
Additional Details
Runtime:
110 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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MOVIEmeter: 
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Fun Stuff
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jessie McMullen confronts Jimmy Chiu in his car, he calls him by his real name (Wong).
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Quotes:
Jessie:
Hey, you bald-headed prick! Don't you ever get caught on the take. Because if you wind up in any joint I'm in, you'll leave feet first.
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In this disappointingly recycled, dry and surprisingly unfunny comedy, a tri-generation family of males (Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick) with problems of their own mix paths in crime. Broderick is the grandson who wants to help his granddad pull off the heist. Hoffman works in-between as the worrier who knows exactly what's going to happen to his son. And it does.
Too bad Lumet never stopped to insert any laughs in this dry comedy with a top-notch cast that just barely manages to make it worth watching on television.
Just barely.
Don't go out of your way for this one.
2.5/5 stars
- John Ulmer