When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.

• DirectorE. Max Frye
• Release5 March 1993
• Genre
  Action / Comedy
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget?
• Revenue$9,745,803
• Rate
  

  5.4
  158 reviews
• Productions

  New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures