Released
2005
Credits
Vesuvius Productions and Lions Gate Television
Angela Mancuso - Executive Producer
Michele Greco - Producer
Robert Iscove - Director
Lucky Gold - Writer
Damon Runyon - Story Inspired By
Original Air Date
USA Network and SCI FI Channel, Sunday, November 20 2005, at 9:00 PM ET/PT
Cast
Tom Arnold
Judd Nelson
Katey Sagal
Nick Turturro
Eddie McClintock
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Arye Gross
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Plot
'Twas the night before Christmas and Murray Crown (Arnold), owner of the Regal Crown Casino, is spreading anything but Christmas cheer. To keep his accountant Leo (Gross) from ratting him out to the feds about his not-so-legal financial reporting, Murray hires George (Nelson), Vincent (Turturro) and Joey (McClintock) to permanently shut him up -- and to find out where Jake Marley (Josh Berry), his partner in crime and the casino's drummer, is hiding out.
On their way back from burying Leo in the desert, the three wise guys swerve to avoid hitting a stranded motorist, an eight and-a-half month pregnant stunner named Mary (O'Keefe). Her tale of woe tugs at the heartstrings of the hired thugs. They drive Mary to the bus station, give her some money for her trip home and see her off. But not everything is the way it seems. They soon learn that Mary is at the heart of their mission and Murray wants her back. George, Vincent and Joey track her down, but the expectant mother is crafty and manages to give them the slip. (thanks to Cecilia for the information).
