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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 07/22/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Japanese SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy, Crime Comedy

It took nearly two years after its completion for Big Trouble to reach the big screen. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are respectively cast as a shady wheeler-dealer and an uptight family man. Strapped for the cash necessary to send his son to Yale, Arkin reluctantly enters into a murder scheme with Beverly D'Angelo. She is married to Falk, who, though he hasn't got long to live due to a heart ailment, may very well spend every penny D'Angelo has before he expires. Arkin is persuaded to kill Falk before this happens, then split the money with D'Angelo. To Arkin's amazement he finds himself the victim of a carefully prepared confidence scam engineered by Falk and D'Angelo. Now that he has a hold over Arkin, Falk gets the poor fellow mixed up in yet another "perfect crime". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Peter Falk - Steve Rickey
Alan Arkin - Leonard Hoffman
Beverly D'Angelo - Blanche Rickey
Charles Durning - O'Mara
Paul Dooley - Noozel
Robert Stack - Winslow

This offbeat black comedy from independent film pioneer John Cassavetes has been given a serviceable presentation in this DVD release. Big Trouble has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, letterboxed on conventional televisions and enhanced for 16 x 9 playback on widescreen monitors. The audio, in English, has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo, while optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish have been included. The film's original trailer has been added as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide