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Synopsis: Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past. So when Adam approaches Jessie with a scheme for a burglary he's shocked, but not necessarily uninterested.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sidney Lumet
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
R
Year:
1989
110 min
513 Views


That was nice what you did

in there for them.

Might get out of this cesspool

because of you.

Well, I had them over a barrel.

Somebody loves you, you got a hell of

a weapon in the relationship, you know?

Hey.

Listen, it's supposed

to work both ways, kiddo.

I mean, if you love somebody back,

then they got an equal weapon, no?

You're right.

I guess we got a standoff.

- I guess we do.

- They may move. I think you did it.

- I better get a cab.

- Good.

- How about dinner next week?

- Sure. What time should we be there?

- You did want Christine, no?

- Of course, Adam.

You know Christine's always welcome.

You wanna catch a ride with us?

- No, thanks.

- Okay, good night, Adam.

- Bye, sweetheart.

- Why doesn't he wanna ride with us?

- Bye, sweetheart.

- Why doesn't he wanna ride with us?

Docket number 178649325.

The charge is second-degree

assault, Your Honor.

At 6 p.m. yesterday, in a bar and grill

at 50210th Avenue...

...Mr. McMullen assaulted

an off-duty policeman.

Well, I'd love to hear about this

in your own words, Mr. McMullen.

Your Honor, I'm a victim

of police brutality.

Just tell us what occurred,

Mr. McMullen.

Well, it all happened so fast,

Your Honor.

I'll try to remember.

We had an argument. To be fair about it,

I was as much at fault as he was.

Well, one thing led to another

and somehow it comes out...

...that my mother was

a Native American...

...a full-blooded Cherokee,

Your Honor.

And this policeman yells, "It's too bad

Custer made such a half-ass job of it."

- Well, I lost control.

- What did you do?

I did what little I could

for a man my age.

The little Mr. McMullen was able to do

seems to have been pretty effective.

The officer has taken 18 stitches

in his face, his nose is broken...

...and his jaw is wired up.

I must've hit him harder than I knew.

Fright, fear, whatever it was, Your Honor.

Your Honor, here is the BCI

on Mr. Jessie McMullen.

It begins in 1947 with a three-year term

for assault just after he was naturalized.

It goes on and on and on and...

Your Honor, before the prosecutor

sentences my client...

...perhaps he will agree to a trial?

We're only here to set bail.

I'd like to point out that the defendant's

grandson is present in court.

My client has roots in this community.

Bail is set at $5000.

A $500 cash bail bond is acceptable.

Next.

Docket number 178649326.

Did you bring the 500?

You don't travel light, I see.

Vito gave me 800.

Good thing he had the cash.

Your father's always got a few grand

swag money in his pocket.

He robs the tax collector,

your father.

It's never been easy for me

having a thief in the family.

You've grown, Adam.

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Vincent Patrick

Vincent Patrick is the author of the cult crime novels The Pope of Greenwich Village and Family Business. He adapted both novels for the screen. The Pope of Greenwich Village, directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Daryl Hannah, was released in 1984. Family Business, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick, was released in 1989. Patrick also served as a screenwriter on many movies, including Beverly Hills Cop, The Godfather Part III, and The Devil's Own. more…

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