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At Close Range (1986)

At Close Range (1986)

Drama Crime Thriller

Like father. Like son. Like hell.

Release Date: 1986, April 18
Directors: James Foley
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Hemdale Film Corporation, Cinema '85
Cast: David Strathairn, Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Paul Herman, Crispin Glover, Michael Edwards, Chris Penn, Candy Clark, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kiefer Sutherland, Tracey Walter, Anna Thomson

Overview:

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.

Keywords:

based on true story father son relationship drugs organized crime cruel malicious crime family teenage love harsh 1970s desperate small town pennsylvania, usa courtroom farm girl rape demeaning sociopath money laundering farm house witness to murder criminal organization police interrogation police investigation grand theft auto life of crime jobless tractor criminal life