Luckytown

Aug 4, 2000

1h 45m

★ 5.3

Luck always runs out... trust no one.

Overview

A young woman goes in search of her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before. Along the way, she finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Excell Film Agentur

Mediapix

Luckytown Trailers

Cast

Lidda

Kirsten Dunst

Colonel

Vincent Kartheiser

Charlie Doyles

James Caan

Jimmy

Luis Guzmán

Tony DeCarlo

Robert Miano

Sugar

Jennifer Gareis

Frankie

Federico Dordei

Sarni

Joe Cortese

Stella

Theresa Russell

Gil

Nick Paulos

Hector

Joseph D. Kucan

Tough Looking Man

Joe Lacoco

While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the money and throw the body into a pond and bury the money in a coal hill. The next morning the police discover the body of a kidnapped 12-year blind girl, Melody, in a warehouse near the site of the hit-and-run. They determine that the kidnapper saw the girl's father bringing the ransom to him and also witnessed the hit-and-run and the men stealing the ransom.

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7.3

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5.7

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6.9

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7.5

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7.5

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6.7

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7.0

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5.9

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6.7

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7.2

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6.1

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5.5

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5.2

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4.5

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4.0

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5.0

Noches violentas

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2.9

Deviant Obsession

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