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Prizzi's Honor
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
1985 · Directed by John Huston · 124 min · Romance · Comedy · Crime · 8 frames
Tagline
Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found out their next assignment was each other.
Crew
- Screenplay: Janet Roach, Richard Condon
- Cinematography: Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Edited by: Kaja Fehr, Rudi Fehr
- Music: Alex North
- Production design: J. Dennis Washington
- Produced by: John Foreman
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna
- Kathleen Turner as Irene Walker
- Robert Loggia as Eduardo Prizzi
- John Randolph as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna
- William Hickey as Don Corrado Prizzi
- Lee Richardson as Dominic Prizzi
- Michael Lombard as Rosario Filargi " Finlay "
- Anjelica Huston as Maerose Prizzi
- Lawrence Tierney as Lt. Hanley
- CCH Pounder as Peaches Altamont
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox, ABC Motion Pictures
- Box office: $26,657,534
- Themes: hitman, gangster, lovers, killer, desperate
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