Write When You Get Work

Write When You Get Work

A man, a woman, and somebody else's money.

2018 · 99 min · ★ 3.9 · Romance, Drama, Comedy

Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high school days, and he infiltrates her life for love and profit.

Directed by Stacy Cochran · Written by Stacy Cochran

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