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The Prince of Pennsylvania is a film of genre Comedy directed by Ron Nyswaner released in USA on 1 january 1988 with Fred Ward

The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)

The Prince of Pennsylvania
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Released in USA 1 january 1988
Length 1h30
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Action,    Romance
Rating56% 2.8017752.8017752.8017752.8017752.801775

The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 comedic drama starring Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan, and Fred Ward. The Academy Award–nominated composer Thomas Newman wrote the music. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh.

Synopsis

Rupert Marshetta and his accomplice and lover Carla kidnap Rupert's father to gain access to family money, but nobody in the family wants his father back. They find out that his father has already sold the land without the knowledge of his family. The police arrest Pam, but they cannot find Rupert and his father. He takes his father to the mine, where police find them before he fits an explosive device to break open the portable toilet where he thinks his father has hidden the money. Everybody escapes the explosion.

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