Comedy about small time crook Amos O'Dell and African-American intellectual Andrew Sterling whose paths cross when Andrew is mistaken for a burglar, and the local police almost kill him. Desperate to save his job, the police chief devises a scheme which involves having Amos hold Andrew hostage so that the chief can save him and be a hero.
"The film features a small time crook and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who brings new meaning to the term "dynamic duo""
"Comedy about small time crook Amos O'Dell and African-American intellectual Andrew Sterling whose paths cross when Andrew is mistaken for a burglar, and the local police almost kill him. Desperate to save his job, the police chief devises a scheme which involves having Amos hold Andrew hostage so that the chief can save him and be a hero."@en
"Comedy about small time crook Amos O'Dell and African-American intellectual Andrew Sterling whose paths cross when Andrew is mistaken for a burglar, and the local police almost kill him. Desperate to save his job, the police chief devises a scheme which involves having Amos hold Andrew hostage so that the chief can save him and be a hero."
"The film features a small time crook and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who brings new meaning to the term "dynamic duo.""@en
"When a successful African-American author buys a house on an exclusive New England resort island, local law enforcement mistakes him for a thief and nearly kills him in a hilariously bungled attempt to protect the estate. But things go from loony to just plain wacky when the town's Police Chief attempts to cover up the embarrassing details of the event by planting a convicted criminal in the house to take the rap!"@en
"Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Nicolas Cage (Face-Off) and OscarÂ(r) nominee** Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) star in this action-packed comedy about a small-time crook anda Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who bring new meaning to the term "dynamic duo!" Their wild andraucous adventures make Amos & Andrew the funniest, nuttiest, most hysterical comedy since Midnight Run! When a successful African-American author (Jackson) buys a house on an exclusive New England resort island, local law enforcement mistakes him for a thief and nearly kill him in a hilariously bungled attempt to "protect" the estate. But things go from loony to just plainwacky when the town's Police Chief (Dabney Coleman) attempts to cover up the embarrassing details of the event by planting a convicted criminal (Cage) in the house to take the rap! *1995: Actor, Leaving Las Vegas **1994: Supporting Actor, Pulp Fiction."@en
"Prize-winning African-American author Andrew Sterling is seen moving into a house in an upper-class white neighborhood and is thought to be a robber. The chief of police exploits a drifter to cover-up the mistake."@en
"A famous African-American writer is mistaken by the police for a burglar when he moves into an exclusive neighborhood. The embarrassed police chief plants a small-time criminal in the house to save face."
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