Douglas Brown is a movie star who wakes up to find he is being blackmailed by someone he doesn't know. He calls his agent Jack Girardi who calls Hollywood private detective Frank Manascalpo to sort things out. Frank does well, at first, but he finds the wrong man. He finds an aspiring writer/director Max O'Leary, who is under the mistaken impression that the sudden attention he is receiving might be because Douglas Brown wants to make his movie. He doesn't. In the end, Max does get his big break in Hollywood. Unfortunately, he is going to have to kill someone to get it.

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The Big Take (2018)

Suspense/Thriller · 1h 23m · 9/7/2018

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It's murder to make a movie

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Douglas Brown is a movie star who wakes up to find he is being blackmailed by someone he doesn't know. He calls his agent Jack Girardi who calls Hollywood private detective Frank Manascalpo to sort things out. Frank does well, at first, but he finds the wrong man. He finds an aspiring writer/director Max O'Leary, who is under the mistaken impression that the sudden attention he is receiving might be because Douglas Brown wants to make his movie. He doesn't. In the end, Max does get his big break in Hollywood. Unfortunately, he is going to have to kill someone to get it.

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Released

Country

United States

Production Company

Federal Pictures
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James McCaffrey

Douglas Brown
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Max O'Leary
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Zoë Bell

Edie
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Robert Forster

Detective Aborn
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Dan Hedaya

Frank Manascalpo
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Bill Sage

Jack Girardi
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Oksana Lada

Oxana
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Slate Holmgren

Vic Venitos
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Tara Westwood

Bea
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John Enos III

Rick (Club Owner)
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Joslyn Jensen

Laura
Crew
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Justin Daly

Director
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Justin Daly

Writer
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The Big Take

(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))

9/4/2018

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