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Sitting Ducks (1980)

Sitting Ducks poster
Directed by
Henry Jaglom
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two small-time crooks steal a pile of cash from a gambling operation. As they drive south to catch a plane out of the country, they pick up two lively women and a struggling musician.

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What happens

Sitting Ducks is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Henry Jaglom. The film follows the adventures of two small-time hoods (Zack Norman and Michael Emil, Jaglom’s real-life brother) who steal a considerable amount of cash from a gambling syndicate. While fleeing by car down the U.S. eastern seaboard for a chartered airplane that will take them to Central America, they pick up a pair of vivacious young ladies and an unsuccessful singer-songwriter. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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