Let the curse fit the crime.
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
- 5.9
- 1996
- Released
- 1h 32m
Robert John Burke
Billy Halleck
Michael Constantine
Tadzu Lempke
Lucinda Jenney
Heidi Halleck
Kari Wührer
Gina Lempke
John Horton
Judge Cary Rossington
Sam Freed
Dr. Mike Houston
Daniel von Bargen
Chief Duncan Hopley
Joe Mantegna
Richie Ginelli
Elizabeth Franz
Leda Rossington
Walter Bobbie
Kirk Penschley
Bethany Joy Lenz
Linda Halleck
Time Winters
Prosecutor
Howard Erskine
Judge Phillips
Terrence Garmey
BailiffRandy Jurgensen
Court ClerkJeffrey Ware
Max DuggenfieldAntonette Schwartzberg
Mama GinelliTerrence Kava
Gabe LempkeAdriana Delphine
Gypsy WomanRuth Miller
Billy's Secretary
Irma St. Paule
Suzanne LempkePatrick Farrelly
Henry HalliwellBridget Marks
Ginelli Bar GirlMitch Greenberg
Male Clinic Doctor
Angela Pietropinto
Female Clinic DoctorMichael Kevin Walker
Clinic Waiter
Ed Wheeler
Detective Deevers
Peter Maloney
Biff QuigleyRobert Fitch
Flash Enders
Sean Hewitt
"DR" Fander
Josh Holland
Frank Spurton
Allelon Ruggiero
Delivery Boy
Released
en
$8,000,000.00
$15,315,484.00
- #based on novel or book
- #curse
- #fat suit
- #disturbed
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Stephen King's novel, written under the name Richard Bachman, makes a successful transition to the screen. Billy (Robert John Burke) is a highly successful defense attorney, getting an acquittal for known mobster Richie (Joe Mantegna). He is trying to diet, topping the scales at three hundred pounds. One night while driving home, Heidi (Lucinda Jenney), Billy's wife, begins fooling around in the c