The Big Steal

September. 20,1990      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After he is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer Gordon Farkes.

Ben Mendelsohn as  Danny Clark
Claudia Karvan as  Joanna Johnson
Marshall Napier as  Desmond Clark
Damon Herriman as  Mark Jorgensen
Angelo D'Angelo as  Vangeli Petrakis
Tim Robertson as  Desmond Johnson
Steve Bisley as  Gordon Farkas
Sheryl Munks as  Pam Schaeffer
Lise Rodgers as  Mrs. Johnson
Frankie J. Holden as  Frank

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Reviews

Raetsonwe
1990/09/20

Redundant and unnecessary.

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Senteur
1990/09/21

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

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BelSports
1990/09/22

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Maleeha Vincent
1990/09/23

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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