The 51st State

Dec 7, 2001

1h 33m

★ 6.1

Nice Wheels. Dirty Deals. And One Mean Mother In A Kilt.

Overview

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Alliance Atlantis

Fifty First Films

Focus Films

The 51st State Trailers

Cast

Elmo McElroy

Samuel L. Jackson

Felix DeSouza

Robert Carlyle

Dakota Parker

Emily Mortimer

The Lizard

Meat Loaf

Iki

Rhys Ifans

Detective Virgil Kane

Sean Pertwee

Leopold Durant

Ricky Tomlinson

Arthur

Michael Starke

Shirley DeSouza

Anna Keaveney

Frederick

Paul Barber

Blowfish

Stephen Walters

L.A. Highway Patrol

Nigel Whitmey

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