Double Dynamite (1951)
Double Fun! Double Joy! Double Everything!
Gênero : Aventura, Comédia, Música, Romance
Runtime : 1H 20M
Director : Irving Cummings
Escritor : Melville Shavelson
Sinopse
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Dupla de trapalhões desempregados criam uma nova linha de negócios: um serviço de "trabalhos sujos", pequenas vinganças sob encomenda contra desafetos de seus clientes.
Liam Case (Cuba Gooding Jr.) é um coletor de lixo - e um herói. Alguns anos atrás ele resgatou uma garotinha de um carro em chamas, pondo em risco sua própria vida e ganhando uma terrível cicatriz pelos seus esforços. Mas a fama pode vir e ir em quinze minutos, e seu passado está completamente esquecido. Perdido e sozinho, Liam busca consolo nas bebidas. Mas quando ele se vê no meio de um roubo a banco, leva um tiro para proteger uma bela garota que trabalha no caixa. Aguardando no hospital, ele planeja pôr as coisas em ordem procurando vingança contra os ladrões que os abandonaram à morte. Infelizmente para ele, o detetive Terry Subcott (Ray Liotta) o vigia como principal suspeito de vários assassinatos brutais de vigilantes.
Na Filadélfia, o pequeno bookmaker Nicky, que roubou dinheiro da máfia, está se escondendo e implora a um amigo para ajudá-lo a fugir do assassino que está em seu encalço. Ele liga para Mikey, seu amigo desde a infância, mas quando Mikey chega, Nicky não o deixa entrar: seu humor mudou. Então começa uma longa noite enquanto Mikey tenta cuidar de Nicky, acalmá-lo e tirá-lo da cidade. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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