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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

★ 7.1 · 1,708 ratings on TMDB

No one was supposed to get hurt.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead poster★ 7.1

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

DirectorSidney Lumet
CastAlbert Finney, Aleksa Palladino, Amy Ryan, Brían F. O'Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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