Bait

Sep 15, 2000

1h 59m

★ 5.7

Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.

Overview

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Castle Rock Entertainment

Bait Trailers

Cast

Alvin Sanders

Jamie Foxx

Edgar Clenteen

David Morse

Jaster

Robert Pastorelli

Bristol

Doug Hutchison

Lisa Hill

Kimberly Elise

Agent Wooly

David Paymer

Stevie Sanders

Mike Epps

Agent Blum

Jamie Kennedy

Agent Boyle

Nestor Serrano

Ramundo

Kirk Acevedo

Julio

Jeffrey Donovan

Agent Walsh

Megan Dodds

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