Buy & Cell is a 1988 comedy film directed by Robert Boris. The original music score was composed by Mark Shreeve.
| Buy & Cell | |
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 Video release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Boris |
| Written by | Ken Krauss Merrin Holt |
| Story by | Leonard Montana Louis Peraino |
| Produced by | Charles Band Frank Yablans |
| Starring | Robert Carradine Randall "Tex" Cobb Imogene Coca Malcolm McDowell |
| Cinematography | Daniele Nannuzzi |
| Music by | Mark Shreeve |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Trans World Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
editHerbie Altman is framed by his business partner and sent to jail where he sets up "Con Inc." an investment company with the help of those around him. This is due to the fact that he helped a fellow inmate to invest his money. He runs the business under the nose of the police wardens.[1]
Principal cast
edit- Robert Carradine as Herbie Altman
- Randall "Tex" Cobb as Wolf
- Imogene Coca as Leah
- Mickey Knox as Arthur
- Malcolm McDowell as Warden Tennant
- Roddy Piper as Cowboy
- Ben Vereen as Shaka
- Michael Winslow as Sly
- Fred Travalena as 'VCR'
Availability
editThe movie was released on videocassette in 1989 by New World. The tape itself is notable for having trailers for the films Warlock and The Punisher, both of which were passed on to separate studios after New World fell into bankruptcy. In 1991, Starmaker Video released a tape in the EP Mode. A DVD has been released in Australia and in the Netherlands, but as of December 22, 2009, no plans for a Region 1 DVD have been announced.
Critical reception
editLeonard Maltin called the film an "uninteresting would-be comedy."[2] TV Guide wrote, "Clumsy financial satire set in the USA but shot cheaply in Italy. (...)Despite (or perhaps because of) its virtuous intentions, Buy & Cell is dated and largely unfunny."[3]
From All Movie Guide:
Lame, predictable story which wastes a talanted cast.[4]
References
edit- ^ Buy & Cell (1988) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-11-03
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (2013-09-03). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.
- ^ "Review on TV guide".
- ^ "Buy-and-Cell - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
External links
edit- Buy & Cell at IMDb
- Buy & Cell at AllMovie
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