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Things Change

“Dealing with the mob is always a gamble.”

1988 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by David Mamet
ComedyCrimeDrama

Cast

Don Ameche Joe Mantegna Robert Prosky J.J. Johnston Ricky Jay Mike Nussbaum

Credits

Written by: David Mamet

Plot

An old Italian-American shoeshiner, Gino, is asked to take the fall for a mob murder and is taken to Lake Tahoe by a low-level gangster for a weekend, where he is mistaken for a mafia boss.

Sinekatalog’s take

A gentle, witty and lightly comic mob tale.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (4,449 votes)
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