At Close Range
Director: James Foley
Genre: Indie, Crime Fiction, Drama
Year: 1986
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn, Millie Perkins, Candy Clark, J.C. Quinn, Tracey Walter, Eileen Ryan, R. D. Call, Kiefer Sutherland, Crispin Glover, David Strathairn, Stephen Geoffreys, Noelle Parker
At Close Range is a 1986 American crime drama film based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It was released on April 18, 1986, and stars Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, Candy Clark and Crispin Glover. The film is directed by James Foley. The Madonna hit "Live to Tell" was featured in the film.
Brad Whitewood, Sr. (Christopher Walken) is the leader of an organized crime family consisting of his brothers and close friends. One night, his estranged oldest son, Brad, Jr.(Sean Penn), contacts him after a fight with his mother's boyfriend. Eventually, he becomes involved with his father's criminal endeavors, and starts his own gang with his brother, Tommy (Chris Penn), and friends. The boys get excited at the idea of easy money and decide one night to attempt a daring heist, which results in their arrest by the police. Their father believes that his sons and their friends will inform the police about his criminal activities, so he rapes Brad's girlfriend, Terry (Mary Stuart Masterson), as a warning to his eldest son. The attack results in the opposite
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