At Close Range

At Close Range is based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston, Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. The film was released April 18 1986, starring Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, Candy Clark and Crispin Glover. The film is directed by James Foley.

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Pennsylvania - Bruce Johnston, Sr. - April 18 - 1986 - Sean Penn - Christopher Walken - Chris Penn - Mary Stuart Masterson - Millie Perkins - Candy Clark - Crispin Glover - James Foley

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The film stars Christopher Walken as the leader of an orginized crime family consisting of his brothers and close friends. One night his estranged oldest son (Sean Penn) contacts him after a fight he had with his mother's boyfriend. Eventually he becomes involved with his father criminal endevours, resulting in him starting his own gang with his brother (Chris Penn) and some of his own friends. The boys get excited at the idea of fast money, cars and decide one night to attempt a daring heist, which results in their arrest by the police. Their father believes that his sons and their friends will inform the police about his criminal activities so he dicides to attack his son's girlfriend (Mary Stuart Masterson) and try to somehow use this as leverage against his eldest son. The attack results in the opposite effect as Sean Penn's character begins informing the authorities about his father's activities including a murder he witnessed of a snitch. When father's name gets sent to the grand jury by his own son he feels his only recourse in to eliminate every witness that can connect himself and his crew with his sons and their crew, namely he has them killed one by one. He murders his youngest son himself but ordered a hit against his eldest son and his son's girlfriend. She died and he survived and was able to testify against his father.

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Christopher Walken - Sean Penn - Chris Penn - Mary Stuart Masterson

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