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8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Tom Schulman released in USA on 18 april 1997 with Joe Pesci
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
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Add to a movie list8 Heads in a Duffel Bag is a 1997 black comedy film starring Joe Pesci, Kristy Swanson and David Spade. It was the directorial debut of screenwriter Tom Schulman. In 1998 the film won the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film's Silver Raven award.
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Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is a wiseguy hired by a pair of dimwitted hit men to transport a duffel bag full of severed heads across the United States to a crime boss (as proof of the deaths). While on a commercial flight, his bag is accidentally switched with that of Charlie Pritchett (Andy Comeau), a friendly, talkative, young American tourist who is going to Mexico to see his girlfriend Laurie (Kristy Swanson) and her parents (George Hamilton and Dyan Cannon).Actors
Joe Pesci
(Tommy)
Andy Comeau
(Charlie)
Kristy Swanson
(Laurie Bennett)
George Hamilton
(Dick Bennett)
Dyan Cannon
(Annette Bennett)
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