Taking Care of Business (1990)

105 min · Komödie, comedy film, prison film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Arthur Hiller

Cast

James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne De Salvo, Loryn Locklin, Stephen Elliott, Hector Elizondo, Veronica Hamel, Mako, Gates McFadden, John de Lancie

The story

Convicted car thief and passionate Chicago Cubs fan Jimmy Dworski wins tickets to the World Series. Unfortunately, he still has a couple of days to serve in prison, and the warden Frank Toolman will not trust him to leave and come back. With help from the other inmates, Jimmy stages a prison riot so he can sneak out of prison to see the game.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Baseball, Career, Credit Card, Flucht aus dem Gefängnis, Gefängnis, Mistake in Person, Rach, Reichtum, Small-Time Criminal, Sudden wealth, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Comedy

Genres

Komödie, comedy film, prison film

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