Get Shorty (1995)
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Main cast
John Travolta; Gene Hackman; Rene Russo; Danny DeVito; Dennis Farina
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Description
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Barry Sonnenfeld
Main cast
John Travolta; Gene Hackman; Rene Russo; Danny DeVito; Dennis Farina
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Description
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
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