Fresh
A well-made, hard-boiled B movie with some good atmosphere and no pretensions about being anything more than that.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Tough Luck
There's a sucker born every minute.
2004 · 1h 28m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Gary Ellis
Overview
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
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