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Buy & Cell
“Herbie and Sly were doing time, now they're doing fine”
55%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
Buy & Cell (1989) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Buy & Cell (1989) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the g… Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Buy & Cell 55% (11 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
55%
from 11 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want his help. To manage all the money, he forms CON INC. and runs it from the prison under the noses of the warden and the guards. But when the IRS and SEC begin to investigate this successful company, it looks like he may be in trouble again
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1989-01-27
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 5.5
- TMDB ID
- 122244
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Is there an official trailer for Buy & Cell?
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What is Buy & Cell about?
Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successfully invest his money. Soon all the inmates want ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Buy & Cell?
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How long is the movie Buy & Cell?
The official runtime for Buy & Cell is approximately 95 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Robert Carradine
Herbie Altman
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Wolf
Malcolm McDowell
Warden Tennant
Roddy Piper
Cowboy
Tony Plana
Raoul
- F
Fred Travalena
VCR
Ben Vereen
Shaka
Michael Winslow
Sly
Lise Cutter
Dr. Ellen Scott
Michael Goodwin
Reggie
Mickey Knox
Arthur
Geretta Geretta
Sonia
Imogene Coca
Reggie's Mother
West Buchanan
Muncy
- T
Tony Carroll
Duke
- L
Larry Clark
Neil
- C
Carolyn De Fonseca
Female Board Member
Robert Spafford
Male Board Member
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