Wall Street millionaire Sherman McCoy’s life unravels one fateful night when he and his mistress Maria Ruskin take a wrong turn into the Bronx, in a panic they his a black boy with Sherman’s car. In an attempt to keep it quiet Maria insists on not telling anyone while Sherman wants to tell the police. Next a yellow journalist, a reverend and a mayoral candidate are all falsifying the story saying that Sherman was the driver when it actually was Maria in order to get a large pay out and swing an upcoming election. Sherman is looking at jail time with no bail and his wife Judy also leaves him, in a desperate attempt for the truth Sherman must lie in court to prove his innocence.
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Alan King, Kevin Dunn
Year: 1990
Length: 126 Minutes
Classification: M15+ Occasional coarse language
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