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We're No Angels is a american film of genre Drama directed by Neil Jordan released in USA on 15 december 1989 with Robert De Niro
We're No Angels (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 december 1989
Length 1h42
Directed by Neil Jordan
OriginUSA
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Rating61%
We're No Angels is a 1989 comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. It stars Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, and Demi Moore. This was Jordan's last film to receive a PG-13 rating by the MPAA, until Ondine in 2009.
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A couple of 1930s Great Depression-era convicts, Ned and Jim, jailed on never-specified charges and abused by a ruthless warden, are dragged along when a vicious killer named Bobby escapes the electric chair.Actors
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