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Free Money (1998)

Free Money poster
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genre
crime film, comedy television program
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prison warden secretly executes inmates. When one of his sons-in-law gets arrested for a failed train robbery, the warden plots to kill him too. An FBI agent gets in the way.

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What happens

Free Money (also known as Double Nickels) is a 1998 Canadian black comedy film directed by Yves Simoneau, produced by Nicolas Clermont and written by Anthony Peck and Joseph Brutsman, and starring Marlon Brando in his penultimate film (his final screen appearance was in 2001's The Score). The film also features Charlie Sheen, Thomas Haden Church, Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland. The film focuses on a prison warden who illegally executes prisoners. When one of his sons-in-law is arrested and imprisoned for a failed train robbery, the warden plans to kill him. But an FBI Agent interferes with his plans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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