Dead Broke (1998)
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The potential witnesses to a mysterious murder all become suspects when a determined detective fails to crack the case in a hard-boiled mystery directed by Edward Vilga and starring Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, and John Glover. When gunshots pierce the black stillness of the night and a body plunges… More The potential witnesses to a mysterious murder all become suspects when a determined detective fails to crack the case in a hard-boiled mystery directed by Edward Vilga and starring Jill Hennessy, Paul Sorvino, and John Glover. When gunshots pierce the black stillness of the night and a body plunges into the icy depths of a deserted pier, an unidentified call to 911 sets into motion a curious series of chilling events. Though a subsequent murder outside of the Polite Persistence debt collection agency adjacent to the pier leads detective Sam (John Glover) to sense a connection between the two crimes, the tight-lipped employees of the agency seem to be taking extra caution to hide something big. Someone has to hold the key to this mystery, and whether it's the mob-connected Harvey (Sorvino), agency black sheep James (Justin Theroux), short-fused Frankie (Patricia Scanlon), anal-retentive Walter (Tony Roberts) or once-shady single mom Kate (Hennessy), Sam vows to crack the tough case even if it costs him his life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Vilga
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- May 5, 1999 Wide
Critic Reviews
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David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
This is a sharp little film, smart and funny and bitter and yes, even genuinely engaging as a mystery.
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Cast
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Paul Sorvino
as Harvey
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John Glover
as Sam
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Tony Roberts
as Walter
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Jill Hennessy
as Kate
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Justin Theroux
as James
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Patricia Scanlon
as Frankie
- Adam Seth Nelson
- Arthur M. Jolly
- Christopher Lawford
- Isabel Keating
- Jayne Deely
- Kevin Dewey
