A couple of 1930s Great Depression-era convicts, Ned and Jim, jailed on never-specified charges and abused by a ruthless warden, are dragged along when a vicious killer named Bobby escapes the electric chair.
The two end up in a small upstate New York town near the Canada–US border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests expected at the local monastery. They want to flee but cannot, since misunderstandings and the warden's search party looking for Bobby make a trip across the bridge to Canada almost impossible.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Art Linson, Robert De Niro, Fred C. Caruso |
Directed By: | Neil Jordan |
Written By: | David Mamet, Bella Spewack, Albert Husson, Sam Spewack, Ranald MacDougall |
Cast: | Gerry Bean, Karen Elizabeth Austin, James Russo, Jack Ackroyd, Sean Penn, Bruno Kirby, Matthew Walker, Elizabeth Lawrence, Jay Brazeau, Ken Buhay, Frank C. Turner, Jessica Jickels, Wallace Shawn, David McLeod, Sheelah Megill, Sean Hoy, Rick Poltaruk, Richard Newman, Bill Murdoch, Garwin Sanford, John C. Reilly, Demi Moore, Lloyd Berry, James Kidnie, Antony Holland, Bill Mackenzie, Ray McAnally, Hoyt Axton, Robert De Niro |
In Theaters: | Dec 15, 1989 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 46 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Budget: | $20,000,000 |
Box Office: | $10,555,348 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |