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The Spanish Prisoner

Cast

Steve Martin, Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara, Rebecca Pidgeon View All

Crew

David Mamet (Director), David Mamet (Writer) View All

Release: Jan. 7th, 1998

Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him. Can he trust the FBI? Can he trust his girl? There's no telling; he's just become the victim of the oldest con game in the book: the 'Spanish Prisoner'!

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Takoma11
In addition to Scott and Martin, Ricky Jay is on hand as a company lawyer, Rebecca Pidgeon plays the company secretary with a crush on Joe, Ben Gazzara plays Joe's boss, Felicity Huffman plays a FBI agent.

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re93animator
I like David Mamet too, but the insulting contrivances, tacky ending, and shortsighted main character seem way below the Mamet writing standard that I'm familiar with.