Connie and Carla (2004)
When you follow your dream, there's no telling what you'll become.
Genre : Music, Comedy, Crime
Runtime : 1H 38M
Director : Michael Lembeck
Synopsis
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with
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