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The Ref(1994)

RMarch 9, 19941h 37m

Comedy Crime Drama

66%User score 66 percent

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379 votes

They might be his hostages but what they're doing to this guy is criminal.

Overview

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Director: Ted Demme
Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Marie Weiss

Top Billed Cast

Denis Leary
Gus
Judy Davis
Caroline Chasseur
Kevin Spacey
Lloyd Chasseur
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Jesse Chasseur

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: The Ref
Original language: English
Budget: $11,000,000
Revenue: $11,400,000
Production: Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstone Pictures

Keywords

robbery
police
parent child relationship
burglar
holiday
hostage
liberation of hostage

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