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More Dogs Than Bones is a film of genre Drama with Joe Mantegna
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
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Add to a movie listSac d'embrouilles (More Dogs Than Bones) est un film américain réalisé par Michael Browning, sorti en 2000.
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Pour son premier voyage aux États-Unis, Raj (Chaim Jeraffi) rend visite à son neveu Andy (Ajay Naidu), chauffeur de taxi à Los Angeles. Durant le vol pour Miami, il fait la rencontre d'une redoutable femme gangster nommée Victoria Galetti dite Vic (Mercedes Ruehl). Dénoncée à la police par un ex-employé rancunier, Vic se voit contrainte de planquer un million de dollars dans les bagages de Raj. Plus tard, elle fait appel à deux hommes de main, De Salvo (Joe Mantegna) et Quinn (Paul Hipp), pour récupérer l'argent.Actors
Joe Mantegna
(Desalvo)
Peter Coyote
(Detective Darren Cody)
Whoopi Goldberg
(Cléo)
D.B. Woodside
(Truman)
Glenn Shadix
(Geoff)
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