The only color that counts is green.
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
CrimeDramaActionnew york cityvietnamdrug abusepost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)war veteran1970sministermale friendshipredemptionloss of virginityheistmoney
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Larenz TateAnthony Curtis
- Keith DavidKirby
- Chris TuckerSkip
- Freddy RodríguezJose
- Rose JacksonJuanita Benson
- N'Bushe WrightDelilah Benson
- Clifton PowellCutty
- Terrence HowardCowboy
- Bokeem WoodbineCleon
- Clifton Collins Jr.Betancourt
Crew
- Albert HughesDirector
- Allen HughesDirector
- Michael Henry BrownScreenplay
- Albert HughesWriter
- Allen HughesWriter
- Lisa RinzlerDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Dan LebentalEditor
- Albert HughesProducer
- Allen HughesProducer
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