
Raising Arizona(1987)
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.


“One foot in the door. The other one in the gutter.”
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.

William Forsythe
Sid Dunleavy

Vincent Gallo
Russell Pataki

Adam Trese
Jerry

Gareth Williams
Ed the Cop

LisaGay Hamilton
Betty, Jerry's Wife
Bridgit Ryan
Enid

Kim Dickens
Laurie, Russell's Girlfriend

Suzanne Shepherd
Mother

Nicole Burdette
Chris

Robert LuPone
Ralph
Palookaville is a comedy, crime film released in 1995 exploring themes of robbery, dysfunctional family, armored truck. Directed by Alan Taylor, it stars William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese. Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
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