Down by Law
Turkish title: İçerdekiler
“It's not where you start - It's where you start again.”
1986 · 1 h 47 min
Directed by 
Jim Jarmusch
Jim JarmuschCast
Tom Waits 
John Lurie 
Roberto Benigni
Credits
Written by: Jim Jarmusch
Plot
Three men, a pimp, a disc jockey and an Italian tourist, share a cell in a New Orleans jail and escape together into the bayous.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jim Jarmusch's black-and-white jailbreak comedy is a cool, funny buddy movie. Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni make a great trio, and the film's dreamy bayou wandering is charming.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (59,337 votes)
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