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Pale Saints (1997)

Pale Saints poster
Directed by
J. H. Wyman
Genre
crime film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
15
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two small-time crooks drive to Toronto for a crime job to impress a mob group. The job goes catastrophically wrong and their lives spiral out of control.

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What happens

Pale Saints is a 1997 American-Canadian crime film, written and directed by Joel Wyner. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery as Louis and Michael Riley as Dody, small-time thugs trying to gain acceptance with an organized crime group by driving to Toronto for a crime job that goes catastrophically wrong. The film's cast also includes Saul Rubinek, Rachael Crawford, Maury Chaykin, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Blicker, Julian Richings, Hardee T. Lineham and Patrick Gallagher. The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 19th Genie Awards, for Best Director (Wyner), Best Supporting Actor (2: Riley, Rubinek), Best Supporting Actress (Crawford) and Best Costume Design (Tamara Winston). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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