
Money for Nothing
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
John Cusack — Joey Coyle
Debi Mazar — Monica Russo
Michael Madsen — Detective Laurenzi
Benicio Del Toro — Dino Palladino
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
When a Great Amount of Money Becomes a Trouble
Great cast, average premise
Busted
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color



















