For a Few Lousy Dollars

For a Few Lousy Dollars

More Pulp than Pulp Fiction

1995 · 88 min · ★ 4.5 · Action, Comedy, Crime

Three friends hold up a restaurant owned by the mob and run into a Hit-man running after a hit gone wrong.

Directed by Michael Bafaro · Written by Evan Tylor

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