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Men at Work (1990)

★ 5.7 · 423 ratings on TMDB

Two garbagemen who know when something smells funny!

Men at Work poster★ 5.7

Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.

DirectorEmilio Estevez
CastCameron Dye, Charlie Sheen, Dean Cameron, Emilio Estevez, Geoffrey Blake, Hawk Wolinski
GenresComedy, Crime
The emergence reading

Men at Work keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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