1993
Director: Max Frye
Producer: Gary Goetzman
Screenplay: Max Frye
Music: Richard Gibbs
U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson - Andrew Sterling Nicolas Cage - Amos Odell Michael Lerner
Phil Margaret Colin - Judy Dabney Coleman - Chief Cecil Tolliver
Genre: Comedy
Movie Plot
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal. Amos is to pretend to take Andrew prisoner and hold him for ransom but let him go and escape. Amos and Andrew suddenly realize that the Chief's problems are all gone if the two of them both die in a gun battle. The worst partnership in film history then tries to get away from the local police.
CHARACTERS:Andrew - Successful author who was moving into his summer home in a small town. He was mistaken for a burglar by his new neighbors. Andrew seemed very shocked at the assumptions that were made about him.
Amos - Car thief with a bad sense of direction. He was in the local jail when the police chief approached him about pretending to be a black burglar to cover up a major mistake the police made. Amos wasn’t too smart, but he did figure things out.
