Plot: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Tyne Daly star in this gritty crime drama. Falk plays the owner of a local bar who has taken bets for a Mafia gambling ring for years, watching out for his customers and never letting them get in too far over their heads.
But that all changes when a mobster appoints his hot-headed, drug-abusing nephew (
Prinze) to be his new collection agent. The young gangster takes a huge bet from an out-of-work alcoholic (
Hutton) who has been forbidden from gambling in the past, and when he can't pay it off, he demands the man's wife (
Holly) give him her body as payment. The barkeep knows his new partner has gone too far -- but what can he do to stop him without endangering the lives of his family? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.
