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Word: excrook (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Loosely based on the 1947 film of the same name, writer Richard Price has added several dimensions to this version, while leaving the main plot intact. The film centers around excrook Jimmy Kilmartin (Caruso), who ends up caught between a corrupt Distcrict Attorney and an unforgiving mobster. Kilmartin, at the pleading of his cousin Ronnie, is coerced into driving a tuckload of stolen cars across Manhattan to an awaiting freighter. It is hard to forget the bizarre sight of four brightly lit trucks barreling through the streets of Manhattan. When the cops arrive on the scene, the rest...

Author: By Jon Bonanno, | Title: Stunning and Pungent, 'Death' Breathes Life Into Film | 4/27/1995 | See Source »

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