Bait
“Alvin Sanders is going to help the Feds catch a killer. He just doesn't know it yet.”
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
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Cast
59 people
Jamie Foxx
Alvin Sanders
Known for
Django Unchained
Soul
David Morse
Edgar Clenteen
Known for
The Green Mile
Twelve Monkeys
Robert Pastorelli
Jaster
Known for
Dances with Wolves
Eraser
Doug Hutchison
Bristol
Known for
The Green Mile
Punisher: War Zone
Kimberly Elise
Lisa Hill
Known for
Ad Astra
John Q
David Paymer
Agent Wooly
Known for
Drag Me to Hell
Payback
Mike Epps
Stevie Sanders
Known for
The Hangover
Open Season 2
Jamie Kennedy
Agent Blum
Known for
Ghost Whisperer
Son of the Mask
Nestor Serrano
Agent Boyle
Known for
Bad Boys
The Day After Tomorrow
Kirk Acevedo
Ramundo
Known for
Band of Brothers
12 Monkeys
Jeffrey Donovan
Julio
Known for
Changeling
Burn Notice
Megan Dodds
Agent Walsh
Known for
Houdini
EverAfter
Antoine Fuqua Director · Andrew Scheinman Writer Tony Gilroy Writer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $35M · United States release September 15, 2000
Box office
Budget
$35,000,000
Worldwide gross
$15,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · August 29, 2000
Premiere · Montréal Film Festival
United States · September 15, 2000
Theatrical
United States
September 12, 2000 · Premiere · Century City, California
Germany
May 17, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
September 15, 2000 · Theatrical
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