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Best Men is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Tamra Davis released in USA on 17 october 1997 with Sean Patrick Flanery
Best Men (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 october 1997
Length 1h30
Directed by Tamra Davis
OriginUSA
Themes Heist films
Rating55%
Best Men is a 1997 film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore, and Dean Cain.
Synopsis
Jesse Reilly was released from prison and he is to be married to Hope. Shortly before the wedding he is involved in a bank robbery with his friends Buzz Thomas, Teddy Pollack and Billy Phillips. It escalates to a hostage crisis, and the FBI is called. In an exchange of fire, a few men are shot. Hope and Jesse are then rescued by John G. Coleman in a helicopter.Actors
Sean Patrick Flanery
(Billy)
Dean Cain
(Buzz)
Luke Wilson
(Jesse)
Andrew Roane Dick
(Taddy)
Fred Ward
(Sheriff Phillips)
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