Simpatico (1999)
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 46分
演出 : Matthew Warchus
脚本 : Matthew Warchus, David Nicholls
シノプシス
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
ビバリーヒルズの高級宝石店が武装した一味に襲われ、一味のひとりに市警のボゴミル刑事部長が撃たれて重傷を負う。ボゴミルの部下のローズウッド刑事はかつてともにギャングと戦ったデトロイト市警のアクセルに捜査協力を依頼。デトロイトからビバリーヒルズに駆けつけたアクセルは、ある射撃クラブを怪しいとにらむが予想は的中。クラブで働く美女カーラたちが犯人グループだった。一味は新たに競馬場の集金所を襲おうとする。
母はベテラン詐欺師、息子はおとなしそうだが実はケチ臭い詐欺師、そしてその息子の恋人はといえば、色仕掛けが得意なこれまた詐欺師。そんな3人の愛憎と運命とを描いたラヴ・サスペンス。
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As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
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