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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971, Movie, PG, 98 mins

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What a waste of money, time, and talent. Based on newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin's hilarious novel, producers Chartoff and Winkler and screenwriter Salt let this thing get so far out of hand that Goldstone's pedestrian direction couldn't save it. The story concerns a bunch of incompetent hoodlums who try to kill a Mafia chief but fail time after time. It's one flat sight gag after another as Orbach leads his clods against Stander. The only reason to watch this at all is t... read more leave a comment
Year: 1971
Rated PG

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Cast
Jerry Orbach: Kid Sally Palumbo
Leigh Taylor-Young: Angela Palumbo
Jo Van Fleet: Big Momma
Lionel Stander: Baccala
Robert De Niro: Mario
Irving Selbst: Big Jelly

 

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