Chicago Overcoat (2009)

Directed by

Brian Caunter

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging hitman wants to retire from his life of organized crime. He takes on one last job that forces him to confront his past and the mobsters he used to work for.

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What happens

Chicago Overcoat is a 2009 American gangster film. The script was written by Brian Caunter, John W. Bosher, Josh Staman, and Andrew Alex Dowd; Caunter also directed. The production filmed in Chicago and wrapped principal photography November 29, 2007. Chicago Overcoat had its world premiere at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday, October 10, 2009, with three sold out screenings and was brought back for an encore screening after being voted into the "Best of the Fest". The film went on to win "Best Dramatic Feature" at the 8th Garden State Film Festival, and "Best Cinematography" at the 7th Midwest Independent Film Festival. "Chicago Overcoat" is a Prohibition era slang term meaning "coffin" or cement shoes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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