John Cusack in Money for Nothing (1993)

Money for Nothing

Movie1993R1h 40m
ComedyCrimeDrama
5.7 / 10(4,732)

An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 40m
Released
1993
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1993

Storyline

An unemployed man finds a money bag of $1.2 million after it dropped off an armored car.

Top credits

Cast
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Did you know

Joey Coyle uses the alias Frankie Santos. In real life, a friend named Frank Santos took him to the airport to flee. (There was no Monica in real life.)

Joey Coyle was a drug user in real life, and killed himself in 1993. Also, in real life, Coyle was fair haired and colored his hair dark, in reverse of the film.

In real life, Joey Coyle and the mobster did not force the car into water, but simply drove to New Jersey and abandoned it.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $1,039,824

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $491,206 (1993-09-12)

User reviews

7/10

When a Great Amount of Money Becomes a Trouble

👍 13 · 10/20/2003
6/10

Great cast, average premise

👍 12 · 7/30/2007
6/10

Busted

👍 5 · 4/27/2013

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
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