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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Green and the other gangsters in his circle (including the actual murderer) all get away with murder. The only one to face prison time is the mid-level gangster who supervises Jerry.
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* MafiaPrincess: Mr. Green's girlfriend. She's so stuck up due to her connections to wealth and power that she refuses to even acknowledge a humble man like Gino.
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* ShoutOut: The story has much in common with ''Film/BeingThere'', another film where a simple, quiet man is mistaken for somebody of great importance. The main difference, of course, is that unlike Chauncey, Gino isn't mentally handicapped and knows how to play along with the deception to save himself and Jerry.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Gino is back to where he started as a poor and humble shoe-shiner. Jerry is no longer with the mafia and is also destined for a life of poverty. However, they both escaped with their lives, they have one another's friendship, and for Jerry, there's no honest if low-paying and less than glamourous work.]]
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** There's also an element of MistakenForProfound, when Gino's simple musings about the right way to shine shoes and about his family are taken for metaphors about how to properly run an organized crime family by Joseph Vincent.
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''Things Change'' is a 1988 American film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Creator/JoeMantegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
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''Things Change'' is a 1988 American film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet.Creator/DavidMamet and co-written by Mamet and Creator/ShelSilverstein. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Creator/JoeMantegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
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* MistakenForProfound: Not so much profound, but powerful and important. Gino carries himself with a quiet dignity, which leads several mafiosi to assume that he's a powerful Don.
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* MistakenForProfound: MistakenForBadass: Not so much profound, in the fighter sense, but powerful and important.in the mob power sense. Gino carries himself with a quiet dignity, which leads several mafiosi to assume that he's a powerful Don.
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* MistakenForProfound: Not so much profound, but powerful and important. Gino carries himself with a quiet dignity, which leads several mafiosi to assume that he's a powerful Don.
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* ChekhovsGun: Vincenzo gives Jerry a quarter, telling him that if he ever needs anything to give him a call. When things look their darkest, Jerry announces that he's going to make a phone call.
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* ChekhovsGun: Vincenzo gives Jerry Gino a quarter, telling him that if he ever needs anything to give him a call. When things look their darkest, Jerry Gino announces that he's going to make a phone call.
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* FixingTheGame: Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Jerry puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Jerry shrugs and says, "Things change."
* HumbleGoal: Jerry agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a fishing boat when he gets out of prison. Gino is surprised that this is all Jerry wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Jerry puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Jerry shrugs and says, "Things change."
* HumbleGoal: Jerry agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a fishing boat when he gets out of prison. Gino is surprised that this is all Jerry wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
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* FixingTheGame: Gino Jerry convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry Gino can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry Gino wins. Jerry Gino does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: AfterJerry Gino wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino Jerry tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Jerry Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Jerry Gino shrugs and says, "Things change."
* HumbleGoal:Jerry Gino agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a fishing boat when he gets out of prison. Gino Jerry is surprised that this is all Jerry Gino wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino tells a mob pal that Jerry is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino Jerry tells a mob pal that Jerry Gino is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's Gino's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While Gino is partly motivated by boredom, he also genuinely wants to show Jerry a good time, but goes behind the mob's back to do so, which ultimately lands him in trouble. In the end, [[spoiler:he's banished from the mob to live with Jerry as a humble cobbler]].
* TheQuietOne: Jerry is a quiet and dignified man, which makes him believable as a man of power.
* TheQuietOne: Jerry is a quiet and dignified man, which makes him believable as a man of power.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While Gino Jerry is partly motivated by boredom, he also genuinely wants to show Jerry Gino a good time, but goes behind the mob's back to do so, which ultimately lands him in trouble. In the end, [[spoiler:he's banished from the mob to live with Jerry Gino as a humble cobbler]].
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* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for ''Jerry'']].
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* TakingTheHeat: Jerry Gino is hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry [[spoiler:Gino has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for ''Jerry'']].''Gino'']].
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* MisplacedNamesPoster: Don Ameche got top (left) billing, but appears on the right side of the poster.
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* TitleDrop: Twice. Once by Gino, brushing off losing a bunch of money at the casino. The second title drop is much more sinister.
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* TitleDrop: Twice. Once by Gino, brushing off losing a bunch of money at the casino. The second title drop is much more sinister.sinister.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Jerry shrugs and says, "Things change."
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino Jerry puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Jerry shrugs and says, "Things change."
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''Things Change'' is a 1988 American film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Joe Montegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
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''Things Change'' is a 1988 American film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Joe Montegna, Creator/JoeMantegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Gino shrugs and says, "Things change."
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Gino Jerry shrugs and says, "Things change."
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche shrugs and says, "Things change."
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: After Jerry wins a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving the money back, since it wouldn't be polite to take the money of their guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins, he he'll bankrupt the casino, but he misses by one number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche Gino shrugs and says, "Things change."
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* FiveFiveFive: The showgirls leave a number beginning with "KL5."
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* FiveFiveFive: The showgirls leave a number beginning with "KL5."[=KL5=]."
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* FixingTheGame: Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot. Gino manages to convince Jerry to give the money back without admitting the fix.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Don Ameche plays a shoeshine man who is hired to take a murder rap for a mob boss. With several days until he is to turn himself in, his handler (Joe Montegna) takes him to Tahoe for a last (and probably first) spree. Unfortunately, Ameche is [[MistakenForBadass taken for a real mob bigshot]] and the casino makes sure he wins at a rigged roulette table but it goes too far, giving him a fortune which the casino wants back. When a terrified Montegna convinces him to return the money (which Ameche thinks he won fairly) because it wouldn't be polite to keep their host's money, he bets it all the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins he bankrupts the casino (probably leading to their deaths). He misses by one number and, when the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche shrugs and says "Things change".
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Don Ameche plays a shoeshine man who is hired to take a murder rap for a mob boss. With several days until he is to turn himself in, his handler (Joe Montegna) takes him to Tahoe for a last (and probably first) spree. Unfortunately, Ameche is [[MistakenForBadass taken for a real mob bigshot]] and the casino makes sure he wins at a rigged roulette table but it goes too far, giving him a fortune which the casino wants back. When a terrified Montegna convinces him to return the money (which Ameche thinks he won fairly) because it wouldn't be polite to keep their host's money, he bets it all the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins he bankrupts the casino (probably leading to their deaths). He misses by one number and, when the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche shrugs and says "Things change".
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film opens on a man taking a violin off a wall and playing it, then taking it over to a cash register to purchase. The camera then wanders over to two gangsters watching across the street. ''Then'' we focus on the main character.
* FixingTheGame: Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot. Gino manages to convince Jerry to give the money back without admitting the fix.\n
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted:Don Ameche plays a shoeshine man who is hired to take a murder rap for a mob boss. With several days until he is to turn himself in, his handler (Joe Montegna) takes him to Tahoe for a last (and probably first) spree. Unfortunately, Ameche is [[MistakenForBadass taken for a real mob bigshot]] and the casino makes sure he After Jerry wins at a huge jackpot on a [[FixingTheGame rigged roulette table but it goes too far, game]], Gino tries to talk him into giving him a fortune which the casino wants back. When a terrified Montegna convinces him to return the money (which Ameche thinks he won fairly) because back, since it wouldn't be polite to keep take the money of their host's money, he bets it all guests. Instead, Gino puts the money on a longshot bet on the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins wins, he bankrupts bankrupt the casino (probably leading to their deaths). He casino, but he misses by one number and, when number. When the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche shrugs and says says, "Things change".change."
* FixingTheGame: Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot.
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* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Don Ameche plays a shoeshine man who is hired to take a murder rap for a mob boss. With several days until he is to turn himself in, his handler (Joe Montegna) takes him to Tahoe for a last (and probably first) spree. Unfortunately, Ameche is [[MistakenForBadass taken for a real mob bigshot]] and the casino makes sure he wins at a rigged roulette table but it goes too far, giving him a fortune which the casino wants back. When a terrified Montegna convinces him to return the money (which Ameche thinks he won fairly) because it wouldn't be polite to keep their host's money, he bets it all the no-limit Big Wheel. If he wins he bankrupts the casino (probably leading to their deaths). He misses by one number and, when the wheel girl says she's sorry, Ameche shrugs and says "Things change".
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* HumbleGoal: Jerry agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a boat when he gets out of prison. Gino is surprised that this is all Jerry wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
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* HumbleGoal: Jerry agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a fishing boat when he gets out of prison. Gino is surprised that this is all Jerry wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
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* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for ''Jerry'']].
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* SourceMusic: The opening credits soundtrack turns out to be some random guy trying out mandolins in a music shop. He passes by two mobsters who actually matter, and the plot begins.
* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for''Jerry'']].''Jerry'']].
* TitleDrop: Twice. Once by Gino, brushing off losing a bunch of money at the casino. The second title drop is much more sinister.
* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for
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* FiveFiveFive: The showgirls leave a number beginning with "KL5."
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* FixingTheGame: Gerry Gino convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot. Gino manages to convince Jerry to give the money back without admitting the fix.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While Gino is partly motivated by boredom, he also genuinely wants to show Jerry a good time, but goes behind the mob's back to do so, which ultimately lands him in trouble. In the end, [[spoiler:he's banished from the mob to live with Jerry as a humble cobbler]].
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* TheQuietOne: Jerry is a quiet and dignified man, which makes him believable as a man of power.
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* HumbleGoal: Jerry agrees to spend years in prison, at a fairly advanced age, so that he can buy a boat when he gets out of prison. Gino is surprised that this is all Jerry wants in return for TakingTheHeat.
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* NiceGuy: Gino is a nice guy, especially for a mobster. As you might expect, he's a particularly low-ranking mobster.mobster.
* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for ''Jerry'']].
* TakingTheHeat: Jerry hired to take the heat for a mob murder in exchange for a payday when he gets out of prison. In the end [[spoiler:Jerry has made a new friend in the mob who has someone take the heat for ''Jerry'']].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino tells a mob pal that Jerry is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino tells a mob pal that Jerry is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.royalty.
* NiceGuy: Gino is a nice guy, especially for a mobster. As you might expect, he's a particularly low-ranking mobster.
* NiceGuy: Gino is a nice guy, especially for a mobster. As you might expect, he's a particularly low-ranking mobster.
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* FixingTheGame: Gerry convinces the casino to rig a roulette game so that Jerry can get the experience of winning, promising to pay back whatever Jerry wins. Jerry does indeed win, then neglects to take his winnings away, accidentally betting all his winnings on the same fixed number to win a huge jackpot. Gino manages to convince Jerry to give the money back without admitting the fix.
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* TheMafia: Jerry is an Italian immigrant who has made a deal with the Mafia, so Gino, an American mobster, is taking care of him until Jerry can deliver,
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* TheMafia: Jerry is an Italian immigrant who has made a deal with the Mafia, so Gino, an American mobster, is taking care of him until Jerry can deliver,deliver.
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* TheMafia: Jerry is an Italian immigrant who has made a deal with the Mafia, so Gino, an American mobster, is taking care of him until Jerry can deliver,
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* ChekhovsGun: Vincenzo gives Jerry a quarter, telling him that if he ever needs anything to give him a call. When things look their darkest, Jerry announces that he's going to make a phone call.
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A film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Joe Montegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
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A film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Joe Montegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.boss.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino tells a mob pal that Jerry is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.
!!This film provides examples of:
* TheManBehindTheMan: Gino tells a mob pal that Jerry is "the guy behind the guy... ''behind the guy''." Jerry's quiet dignity makes the fib so believable that he's instantly treated like mob royalty.
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A film written by Creator/ShelSilverstein and directed by Creator/DavidMamet. It stars Creator/DonAmeche, as a simple cobbler who has volunteered to take the fall for a mob murder, and Joe Montegna, as the low-level gangster assigned to babysit him before the trial. Together they take a trip to Lake Tahoe as a last hurrah and get into a variety of adventures when the cobbler is mistaken for a powerful mob boss.
