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Gun Shy

Gun Shy

The Agency's best has a bad case of nerves.

20005.21h 41mR

Overview

Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds himself relying on the support of an unstable therapy group and nurse Judy just to get through his work.

Directed by Eric Blakeney
Written by Eric Blakeney
Produced by Sandra Bullock
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $1.6M

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Top Cast

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Charles Mayough

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Fulvio Nesstra

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Judy Tipp

José Zúñiga

José Zúñiga

Fidel Vaillar

Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff

Elliott

Andrew Lauer

Andrew Lauer

Jason Cane

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Dexter Helvenshaw

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

Howard

Mary McCormack

Mary McCormack

Gloria Nesstra

Frank Vincent

Frank Vincent

Carmine Minetti

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Themes & Keywords

drug cartelnervous breakdown

About Gun Shy

Gun Shy is a action, comedy, romance, thriller film released in 2000 exploring themes of drug cartel, nervous breakdown. Directed by Eric Blakeney, it stars Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock. Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds himself relying on the support of an unstable therapy group and nurse Judy just to get through his work.

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