Money for Nothing (1993)
Release Year: 1993
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: Dinheiro, Prá Que Dinheiro?, Das Millionen-Ding, Der Preis für eine Million, ¡Qué no hacer con un millón de dólares!
Director: Ramón Menéndez
Writer: Carol Sobieski, Mark Bowden, Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Tom Musca
Co-Producer: Cyrus Yavneh
Executive Producer: David Permut, Gordon Freedman, Matt Tolmach
Companies: Hollywood Pictures, Permut Presentations
Budget: 11.000.000
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
Similar:
Keywords
Keywords: based on magazine, newspaper or article, based on true story, corruption, criminal, detective, federal reserve bank, finders keepers, found money, investigation, missing money, money bag, police officer, stolen money, true crime, unlikely criminal
Story
Unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle discovers $1.2 million that fell off an armored car and decides to keep it. He seeks help from his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works at an investment firm, and later turns to organized crime for assistance in laundering the money while planning to leave the country. Meanwhile, a detective becomes increasingly close to catching Joey as he investigates the missing cash.
Summary
Money for Nothing is a 1993 comedy-drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, based on true events that were originally reported in a New York newspaper article. The story revolves around Joey Coyle, an unemployed dockworker who stumbles upon a fortune and decides to keep it, leading him down a path of crime and deception while evading the authorities.
