Palmetto (1998)
20/02/1998
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
1h 54m
- 59% (117 votes)
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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.
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- E. Max FryeScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- kidnapping
- cigarette
- femme fatale
- scam
- writer
- framed for a crime
- set up
- temptation
- newspaper reporter
- ransom demand
- rich daughter
- neo-noir
- rich wife
- investigative reporter
- sucker
- kidnapping gone wrong
- all evidence points to protagonist
Top 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
Joe Hickey
Lawyer
Ralph Wilcox
Judge
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