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Rennie's Landing (2001)
Life is hard. You can't always get what you want. but Alec Nichols has a plan to change all that. It involves his three friends, a bank and five million bucks. Together they swear to risk it all. But is the payoff worth it when there's no turning back?
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Life is hard. You can't always get what you want. but Alec Nichols has a plan to change all that. It involves his three friends, a bank and five million bucks. Together they swear to risk it all. But is the payoff worth it when there's no turning back?
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Genre:Drama, Action, Comedy
Written By:Marc Fusco, Michael Garrity
In Theaters:6/15/2001
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Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:DEJ Productions, Magellan Filmed Entertainment, Nickel Palace Productions
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