A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
- Frankie Dunlan
- (as Ricky G)
- Terry - Strung-Out Junkie
- (as Ed Pepitone)
- Social Worker
- (as Carmine Giovinazzo)
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Did you know
- TriviaAll the Vietnam flashback scenes were shot in the swamps of Staten Island.
- GoofsWhen Frankie inspects the revolver drum magazine after loading it, some of the cartridges have a dent in the primer made by a firing pin, meaning that they've already been fired.
- Quotes
Cathy Dunlan: I can't take much more of this!
Frankie Dunlan: Much more of what?
Cathy Dunlan: This! Living like rats! I'm starving! The baby's starving!
Frankie Dunlan: So? I'm hungry too.
Cathy Dunlan: Then do something about it!
Frankie Dunlan: What do you want me to do?
Cathy Dunlan: Get a job!
Frankie Dunlan: There are no jobs!
Cathy Dunlan: Then look for one!
Frankie Dunlan: I am! It's not just us, it's the whole country! There's a recession on!
Cathy Dunlan: The whole country manages to eat! You're out on the streets every day like a zombie! You're not looking for a job! You're waiting for the world to end!
Frankie Dunlan: Hey, good! That should be any day now!
Cathy Dunlan: Go ahead and make jokes, but it's true! You don't care about us! You're off on another planet somewhere! It's not fair! It's just not fair!
- Alternate versionsThe R-rated version is HEAVILY CUT.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
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- American Nightmare
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- $40,000 (estimated)