The Big White

A travel agent in deep debt attempts to swindle a by-the-books insurance agent by claiming the corpse of a gangland hit as his long-missing brother in director Mark Mylod's dark crime comedy. Paul Barnell (Robin Williams) is in trouble. Saddled with a cantankerous wife (Holly Hunter) and unable to convince ambitious insurance company agent Ted (Giovanni Ribisi) to pay off the one-million-dollar claim on his brother, who has been missing for five years, Paul's debts are mounting as fast as his life is crumbling. When Paul discovers the corpse of a nameless man who ended up on the wrong side of the mob, desperation drives him to stage a grizzly death scene and make it look as if his brother has suffered a horrible fate. Though the local police force is easily taken by Paul's elaborate ruse, it's going to take a little more convincing before Ted is willing to sign off on the hefty insurance payment.

Actors:

Robin Williams » Holly Hunter » Giovanni Ribisi » Tim Blake Nelson » W. Earl Brown » Woody Harrelson » Alison Lohman » Billy Merasty » Marina Stephenseon Kerr » Ralph J. Alderman » Frank Adamson » Andrea Shawcross » Ryan Miranda » Craig March » Ty Wood » Frank C. Turner »

Running time: 100 Minutes

Production: USA/CDN/NZ 2005