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Buy & Cell

Herbie and Sly were doing time, now they're doing fine

Released
1989-01-27
Rating

55%

Type

Movie

Runtime

1h 35m

Comedy

AI Analysis

Buy & Cell (1989) — AI movie analysis

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WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Buy & Cell (1989) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.

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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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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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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.

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