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Family Business is a 1989 American neo noir crime film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Vincent Patrick, who also wrote the film's screenplay. It stars Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, and Matthew Broderick.
Family Business. 1989 · 1 hr 54 min. R. Drama · Comedy · Crime. A Westinghouse scholar recruits his criminal grandpa and reformed criminal dad to steal plasma from a research lab and share in the $1 million reward. Subtitles: English.
Family Business: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto. An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?
When he's in college, Adam's family's shady lifestyle seduces him, and with the help of his grandfather, he plans an elaborate burglary for the family to pull off together.
The movie stars Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick as three generations of the same family, all touched one way or another by crime. Connery, the grandfather, is a Scotsman whose arrest record is as long as his arm.
Jessie McMullen (Sean Connery) is a Scotch-Irish American widower who emigrated with his Sicilian wife to New York in September 1946. A lovable rogue, incorrigible womanizer and tough guy, Jessie is proud of his criminal past and lifestyle.
The McMullens are a family of career criminals, led by patriarch Jessie. His son, Vito, has left the family "business," and Vito is hopeful that his son Adam, a smart, college-educated young man without any criminal past, will have a bright future.
Overview. Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity.
But the real payoff is seeing these three great stars in a laughs-and-larceny movie treat! Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes and lineups than just...
Adapted from a novel by Vincent Patrick, the film stars Sean Connery as Jessie McMullen, the patriarch of a family of career criminals, including his son Vito (Dustin Hoffman) and grandson Adam (Matthew Broderick). Vito has gone legit, but college-educated Adam remains loyal to his grandfather.