Amos & Andrew

Mar 5, 1993

1h 36m

★ 5.5

Misunderstood. Misplaced. Mismatched.

Overview

When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Castle Rock Entertainment

Amos & Andrew Trailers

Cast

Andrew Sterling

Samuel L. Jackson

Amos Odell

Nicolas Cage

Phil Gillman

Michael Lerner

Judy Gillman

Margaret Colin

Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver

Dabney Coleman

Officer Donnie Donaldson

Brad Dourif

Deputy Earl

Chelcie Ross

Deputy Riley

Jordan Lund

Waldo Lake

I.M. Hobson

Ernie

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Stan

Todd Weeks

Wendy Wong

Jodi Long

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