Beautiful Joe (film)

Beautiful Joe (film)

Infobox Film
name = Beautiful Joe


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director = Stephen Metcalfe
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writer = Stephen Metcalfe
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starring = Sharon Stone
Billy Connolly
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released = 2000
runtime = 98 min.
country = U.S.A. / U.K.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0200472

"Beautiful Joe" is a 2000 American - British film written and directed by Stephen Metcalfe. It stars Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly, with supporting roles by Ian Holm, Dann Florek, and Gil Bellows.

Plot

A dying man finds that horses, blondes, and the Mob may end his life faster than cancer in this dark comedy from the U.K. Joe (Billy Connolly) is a regular guy who runs a flower shop and has never had much in the way of good luck. Things seem to be grim for Joe when he's diagnosed with a brain tumor, but a bit of good fortune appears on the horizon when he wins a jackpot at the racetrack. However, Hush (Sharon Stone), an exotic dancer who has fallen deeply in debt to a gang of thugs, steals Joe's newly won fortune to pay them off. Joe gets his money back by explaining to the gangsters what happened, but only because they mistake him for a syndicate kingpin they've heard about but never met. When the gangsters discover that Joe is a florist and not a career criminal, they find the situation less than amusing.

Release

While the film enjoyed a theatrical run in Europe, it debuted in America on the Cinemax cable network.

References

External links

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