Happy New Year (1987)

Name: Happy New Year
Director: John G. Avildsen
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Released: 1987-08-07
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Cast: Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Tom Courtenay, Tracy Brooks Swope

Comedy Crime Romance

Director: John G. Avildsen

Cast: Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Tom Courtenay, Tracy Brooks Swope

Runtime85 min

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Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.

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Fans of classic crime comedies will enjoy the delightful chemistry between Peter Falk and Charles Durning as they play small-time crooks attempting an elaborate jewelry store heist in this 1987 film directed by John G. Avildsen.

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Happy New Year is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Peter Falk. The screenplay was written by Nancy Dowd, based on the French film La bonne année. The director of the French film, Claude Lelouch, has a cameo as a man on a train.