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Paul Hapenny (writer)
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Release Date:
4 December 1998 (USA) more
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Plot:
Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Peter Falk ... Vinnie

Lauren Holly ... Marybeth

Timothy Hutton ... Frankie

Freddie Prinze Jr. ... Tony
Tyne Daly ... Ellen
Paul Lazar ... Rocky

Tony Sirico ... Locasso
Steve Sweeney ... Angie
Roger Robinson ... Phil
Frank Vincent ... Pete

Colm Meaney ... Al Sheehan
Tonya Tyann Tullis ... Leah
Pamela Bel Anu ... Jackie
Billy Strong ... Lenny
Gene Ruffini ... Maitre d'
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Money Kings (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language, drug content and some violence.
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90 min | Argentina:93 min
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Premiered on Cinemax after it could not find a distributor for a theatrical release. more
Quotes:
Vinnie: I'm a bookie bloodsucker, living off other people's sickness.
Ellen: Quit.
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
8 out of 10, 9 July 1999
Author: Polymath

Got this movie because my sister really likes Freddie Prinze Jr. and he seems pretty cool to me. He plays a pretty unlikable small-time collector for a bookie played by Peter Falk. The plot is pretty straightforward and slow-developing but the characters and dialogue make it easy to watch. I could watch this one again especially for Lauren Holly's performance as a gambler's long-suffering wife.

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