Life of Crime is a 2013 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Daniel Schechter, based on Elmore Leonard’s novel The Switch (1978), which includes characters later revisited in his novel Rum Punch (1992), which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown (1997).
Plot
In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes the target of an ill-planned kidnapping plot by a pair of fumbling ex-cons, Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara, looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. However, things become complicated for the duo when her wealthy husband, Frank, refuses to pay the ransom, as he is on the cusp of filing for divorce to make way for his mistress, Melanie Ralston. The two kidnappers have to figure out how to quickly turn the tables before their time runs out.
Cast
Jennifer Aniston as Margaret “Mickey” Dawson
Yasiin Bey as Ordell Robbie
Isla Fisher as Melanie Ralston
Will Forte as Marshall Taylor
Mark Boone Junior as Richard
Tim Robbins as Frank Dawson
John Hawkes as Louis Gara
Charlie Tahan as Bo Dawson
Seana Kofoed as Kay
Chyna Layne as Loretta
Clea Lewis as Tyra Taylor
Kevin Corrigan as Ray
Leonard Robinson as Officer Dixon
Jenna Nye as Shelly Taylor
Alex Ladove as Pamela Taylor
R. Marcus Taylor as Borsalino
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