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NOMINATED FOR: Best First Screenplay
Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all--itself. Andy is an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hank's actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep.