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Corky Romano (2001)

Corky Romano poster
Directed by
Rob Pritts
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 181 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sweet-natured veterinarian is pressured by his mobster family to go undercover at the FBI to steal evidence against his father. He tries to pass himself off as an agent despite being hilariously incompetent.

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What happens

Corky Romano is a 2001 American mafia comedy film starring Chris Kattan, Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Chris Penn, and Peter Berg. The film was produced by Robert Simond, directed by Rob Pritts, and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward. In the film, Kattan plays the title character, a veterinarian who is forced by his mobster family to infiltrate the local FBI facility to steal evidence incriminating his father, Mafia boss Francis A. "Pops" Romano (Peter Falk), of racketeering charges. It opened in theaters on October 12, 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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