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Synopsis: When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ramón Menéndez
Production: Buena Vista
 
IMDB:
5.7
R
Year:
1993
100 min
109 Views


cell b*tch for a sack of dough

What the hell

are you doin'?

Are you insane?

There are cops

back there

Joey, listen to me

We walk over to the cops

We say, "Cops,

look what we found"

We give 'em the money.

You know there's gonna be a big reward.

Then we'll be big heroes

and we'll be big shots.

All right? We'll be the guys

who found the money

Kenny, who wants to be famous

for being stupid?

- Kenny, Kenny, we're keepin'the money.

- You're keepin' the money,Joe

Kenny, you're gonna regret this

for the rest of your life

- Half of it's yours Drive the car

- Shut up!

All right This is what's gonna happen

I never gave you a ride home

I never saw that money,

all right?

I want you to swear on your

father's grave that whatever

happens, I'm not involved

I swear to you, Kenny

- Please drive the car! F*** it

- Joey, get out of my car.

I'll see you later

- Hi,Joey

- How ya doin', Mrs Breen?

Anybody home?

Is that you,.Joey?

- Yeah, Ma

- I thought I heard you come in.

I could do with a hand

to carry in the laundry upstairs.

Be right down, Ma

- You look worried

- No work

Well, it'll pick up

Your father always

used to say

"Theresa, someday our ship

is gonna come in.

And when it does, wejust have

to be careful we're not at the airport. "

You worried

about money,Joey?

- No

- You sure?

Yeah I'm all right Really

- Sure you're all right

- Ma. Ma. Ma.

- Take Monica to the movies

- Mom Ma

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Me and Monica,

we're all done

Well, then you're gonna need it when

you get back together again Yes, yes

Joey, what happened

to the bedspread?

I put it outside in the thing

when I was doin' the other thing

Let me help you with the laundry

- Somethin' fell What fell?

- My key

Lick your fingers,Joey!

This is

your lucky day

Ninety-one, clear.

I watched them secure the doors

No way those bags

could've Just dropped off

So do you mind telling me

where they are now?

Do you have any clue where they went?

Did theyjust fly away?

Pat Laurenzi,

South Detectives

It's been 48 minutes

- since I placed the call.

- How much money's missing?

$12 million

Are these the two drivers

in question?

He's the driver

I'm the hopper

Hopper What is that?

Do you hop around?

- I hop out and get the money

while he wait in the truck

- Detective Laurenzi

I don't want tojump

to any conclusions before...

you complete

your investigation

But our equipment is inspected

on a weekly basis

This obviously

involves human error

or criminal conspiracy

Did the alarm malfunction?

The door's locked.

The men carry guns.

An alarm system would be

an unnecessary redundancy

See, this never would've happened

if you hadn't cut us back

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Ramón Menéndez

Ramón Menéndez is a Cuban–American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film Stand and Deliver. His other film directing credits include Money for Nothing (1993) starring John Cusack and the Disney Channel original film Gotta Kick It Up! (2002). He also served as a screenwriter for all of the films he directed. His only film as a screenwriter and not as a director was the 2001 film Tortilla Soup. He has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes Tales from the Crypt and Perversions of Science, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Menéndez won two Independent Spirit Awards for his work on Stand and Deliver.Menéndez is a native of Cuba and grew up in California. He is an alumnus of San Francisco State University and UCLA Film School. His first credit in film industry was serving as an assistant director on the Oliver Stone-directed film Salvador (1986), he also had a small acting role in the film. He is a frequent collaborator with film producer Tom Musca. more…

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