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Director:
John Korty
Writer:
Al Ramrus (written by)
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Release Date:
4 March 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
This movie is based only on the testimony of Harold Kauffman. Who was known around New York as a small time thief... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Alan Arkin ... Harold Kaufman

Armand Assante ... Charles Macaluso

Jon Polito ... Vitola
Raymond Serra ... DiNardi
George Morfogen ... Sordino
Michael Learned ... Ann
James Rebhorn ... Corbett
John Seitz ... Coglin

Marc Gomes ... Rand
Stephen Pearlman ... Martin Prager
Dave Nichols ... Mayor Thompson
Doug Lennox ... Bristol
Marcia Diamond ... Mrs. Prager
Marilyn Boyle ... Supervisor
Bernard Behrens ... Purchasing Agent
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Not Rated
Filming Locations:
New Jersey, USA more
Company:
Taft Entertainment Television more

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A great character study/drama, not completely factual, 15 February 2002
Author: qttroassi from North Plainfield

This was a very good and forgotten TV movie that was shown on CBS once, and I don't think was ever aired again, anywhere-I'm lucky for my mother to have recorded it. Alan arkins' performance along with the performance of Michael Learned as Kaufmans' girlfriend, Ray Serra, and Jon Polito were fantastic. Original soundtrack flows superb. However this story is solely according to Harold Kaufman and the NJ Starledger news paper, and it makes Kaufman out to be an aging not-so-bad thief that suddenly has a crisis of conscience, in fact in a Starledger article released on the date the movie was aired, Kaufman admitted Michael Learneds' character never existed and was created for dramatic purposes

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