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"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify against the mobsters and his life is suddenly worthless - unless he submits to going into federal protection.

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Budget

$6000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

15 March 2002

Country

United States of America

Cast

Armand Assante

Armand Assante

Frank Carbone / Howard Akers

Angela Featherstone

Angela Featherstone

Leigh Kirkindall

Dina Meyer

Dina Meyer

Bootsie Cavander

David Lipper

David Lipper

Denny Kirkindall

Frank Chiesurin

Frank Chiesurin

Sid

Tony Calabretta

Tony Calabretta

Pasquale 'Patsy' Dilepsi

Mark Camacho

Mark Camacho

Joseph Pagnozzi

Steven P. Park

Steven P. Park

Chong-Sung

Chip Chuipka

Chip Chuipka

Marshal Donald Powers

Danny Blanco Hall

Danny Blanco Hall

Marshal Chuck Sturdevant

Maxim Roy

Maxim Roy

Marjorie Watts

Anatoly Zinoviev

Anatoly Zinoviev

Teddy

Michael Filipowich

Michael Filipowich

Johnny the Face

Carl Alacchi

Carl Alacchi

Gio Brogianto

Maria Bertrand

Maria Bertrand

Vicky Brogianto

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