Family Business (1989)

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Written by Vincent Patrick

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Also known as "Affaire de famille", "Negocios de Familia"

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1989

Rating: 12 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Jessie (Sean Connery) is an ageing career criminal who has links in the past with the mafia. He has been in more jails, fights and schemes than anyone else.

His son Vito (Dustin Hoffman), however is on the straight and narrow, finally leaving his fairly shady past where it belongs - with his father, in the past!!

The two, although disagree on many many things however, do agree on one thing - the great hope they share for Vito's son Adam (Matthew Broderick), and Jessie's grandson.

Adam is a bright, good-looking, and criminally innocent young adult with a rosy future ahead of him.

So when Adam approaches Jessie with a scheme for a burglary the two men are more than shocked, but not necessarily disinterested.

Jessie jumps on the wagon straight away thinking his grandson has finally fdecided to join the family business. However his father is less impressed and tries everything to stop him turning bad.

Yet he soon realises that the only way to protect his son from the claws of his grandfather, and the police, is to join the plan so as to protect his son. But how will it all end?

When is Family Business next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on BBC 2 November 29th, 12:25am. See more...

Cast

Image for Sean ConnerySean ConneryJessie McMullen
Image for Dustin HoffmanDustin HoffmanVito McMullen
Image for Matthew BroderickMatthew BroderickAdam McMullen
Rosanna DeSotoElaine
Janet CarrollMargie
Victoria JacksonChristine
Bill McCutcheonDanny Doheny
Deborah RushMichele Dempsey
Marilyn CooperRose Gruden
Salem LudwigNat Gruden
Rex EverhartRay Garvey
James TolkanJudge
Marilyn SokolMarie
Thomas A. CarlinNeary the Undertaker
Tony DiBenedettoPhil

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