Taglines: What would you do if you found a million bucks?
Money for Nothing movie storyline. Joey (John Cusack) is an unemployed longshoreman who finds a bag full of money that fell out of the back of an armored car. Joey forces his friend Kenny Kozlowski (Michael Rapaport) to drive Kenny’s car in the lake to hide the tire tracks. Unknown to them, a local boy witnesses them doing the crime. Joey tells Kenny that he’s not going to turn the money in and will keep it for himself. Joey refuses to tell his family about it. The police are investigating the missing money and the local boy tells them about the car.
The police find the car in the lake and trace it back to Kenny’s house. Later, the police head to Kenny’s house. During that, Kenny’s dad beats his son with a belt and Kenny tells the police that Joey took the money. The neighbors overhear this and word spreads around the city that Joey took the money. Joey and his girlfriend head to the airport to leave the country, until they get arrested.
Money for Nothing is a 1993 American comedy crime film directed by Ramón Menéndez.[2] It is based on a reporter’s article about the life of Joey Coyle, an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, on February 26, 1981, found $1.2 million in the middle of the street after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car. The screenplay, written by Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski, is based on an article by Mark Bowden. The film stars John Cusack as Coyle, and features a supporting cast that includes Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio del Toro, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maury Chaykin, Currie Graham and Fionnula Flanagan.
Money for Nothing (1993)
Directed by: Ramón Menéndez
Starring: John Cusack, Debi Mazar, Michael Madsen, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Bracco
Screenplay by: Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca, Carol Sobieski
Production Design by: Michelle Minch
Cinematography by: Tom Sigel
Film Editing by: Nancy Richardson
Costume Design by: Zeca Seabra
Set Decoration by: Susan Raney
Art Direction by: Beth Kuhn
Music by: Craig Safan
MPAA Rating: R for language and a scene of sexuality.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: September 10, 1993
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