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Palmetto(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-02-20
59%
121 Votes
Time: 1h 54m
In a town this bad, it's no use being good.
Overview:
After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Germany,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Rialto Films
Tobis
Movie: Palmetto
Top 10 Billed Cast
Woody Harrelson
Harry Barber
Gina Gershon
Nina
Elisabeth Shue
Rhea Malroux
Rolf Hoppe
Felix Malroux
Michael Rapaport
Donnelly
Chloë Sevigny
Odette
Tom Wright
John Renick
Marc Macaulay
Miles Meadows
Ralph Wilcox
Judge
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