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Roy
(Cusack) is a practitioner of the small-con, cheating
bartenders of $10, cheating sailors out of their
cash. The other 'grifters', girlfriend Myra (Bening)
and mother Lily (Huston) don't like each other
one little bit. Not in their league, but caught
squarely in the middle of this feline conflict,
Roy is repelled by both options and carefully
dances between the two women. Wonderful script,
acting and direction.
Critics
''Brisk,
sleekly contoured, with a sophisticated sense
of cynical fun.... skirting the edge of parody,
it's the most puckish of film noirs.''
Washington Post
Awards
Nominated:
Best Director, Best Writing, Best Actress and
Best Supporting Actress Oscars 1991
Programme
Notes
The
notes for this film are available here.
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Director
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Stephen
Frears
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Writers |
Jim
Thompson Donald E. Westlake
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Cast |
Anjelica
Huston
John Cusack
Annette Bening
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Cert |
18
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Length |
1hr
59mins
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Country |
US |
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