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Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)

Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him, putting his aggressors against one another in a race for his trust. Using his skills that make him a gifted fisherman, Albert turns the tables on his seemingly doomed fate, capturing the heart of the woman most eager to deceive him, and fooling the man most intent on destroying him.

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Top billed cast

Troy GarityAlbert Burriughs
Alison FollandTuey Stites
Randy QuaidJerry James
Bruce DernSean McNally
Hank HarrisStan Stites
Debra MonkEdna Burroghs
Josh BrolinGary
Holly WoodlawnTransvestite
Suzanne PetriBarfly
John JuddBartender

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