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29 Palms is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 19 august 2003 with Jeremy Davies
29 Palms (2002)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 august 2003
Length 1h29
Rating47%
For the 2003 horror film, see Twentynine Palms (film).
29 Palms is a 2002 direct-to-video film directed by Leonardo Ricagni about a bag of money that affects the characters who possess it, and its varied contents, as it passes from one to another. It stars Jeremy Davies, Michael Lerner, Litefoot, Russell Means, Chris O'Donnell, Keith David, and Jon Polito.
In 2002 Eagle Pictures released it under the Italian title La Grande Sfida (The Great Challenge) as a DVD; besides Davies and O'Donnell, Rachael Leigh Cook and Bill Pullman are listed as cast members.
Synopsis
Un faux clerc de notaire, un patron véreux, un indien déjanté, un tueur implacable et une taupe du FBI... tous sont à la recherche d'une mallette pleine d'argent sale !Actors
Jeremy Davies
(The Drifter)
Michael Lerner
(The Judge)
Litefoot
(The Warrior #1)
Russell Means
(The Chief)
Chris O'Donnell
(The Hitman)
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