The Middle Man

Sep 17, 2021

1h 35m

★ 6.0

Death is a hard way to make a living.

Overview

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Bulbul Films

Pandora Film

The Film Farm

Profile Pictures

The Middle Man Trailers

Cast

Frank

Pål Sverre Hagen

Blenda

Tuva Novotny

Frank's Mother

Nina Andresen Borud

Arthur Clintstone

Aksel Hennie

Bob Spencer

Trond Fausa Aurvåg

Mr. Miller

Kenneth Welsh

Pastor

Nicolas Bro

Doctor

Don McKellar

Steve Miller

Rossif Sutherland

The Sherriff

Paul Gross

Bill

Jim Stark

Mrs. Stout

Sheila McCarthy

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