The Squeeze
“Just a few short weeks ago, nobody even cared if Harry Berg was alive. Now everybody wants him dead. For Harry, that's progress.”
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful in either role. He owes some money, which gets him involved with Rachel Dobs, a police detective who works with a collection agency. When Harry comes into possession of a strange parcel, both the con man and the detective find themselves wrapped up in a sinister corporate plot to fix the lottery.
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Cast
28 people
Michael Keaton
Harry Berg
Known for
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Rae Dawn Chong
Rachel Dobs
Known for
Commando
American Crime Story
Joe Pantoliano
Norman
Known for
Memento
The Matrix
Danny Aiello III
Ralph Vigo
Known for
Good Morning, Vietnam
Amityville II: The Possession
Ronald Guttman
Rigaud
Known for
Preacher
Hunters
Meat Loaf
Titus
Known for
Fight Club
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Leslie Bevis
Gem Vigo
Known for
Spaceballs
Alien Nation
Richard Portnow
Ruben
Known for
The Sopranos
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Liane Langland
Hilda
Also in
Murder with Mirrors
The Demon Murder Case
John Davidson
Honest Tom T. Murray
Known for
Edward Scissorhands
The Concorde... Airport '79
George Gerdes
Joe
Known for
Iron Will
Single White Female
Paul Herman
Freddy
Known for
Silver Linings Playbook
American Hustle
Roger Young Director · Daniel Taplitz Writer Miles Goodman Composer
Worldwide gross $2.2M · Budget $22M · United States release July 10, 1987
Box office
Budget
$22,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,228,951
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 10, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
November 5, 1987 · Theatrical
Germany
November 19, 1987 · Theatrical · Columbia
Netherlands
February 18, 1988 · Theatrical
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