At Close Range

1939 – 2002

At Close Range is a 1986 film about a teenage boy who joins his estranged father's crime syndicate in rural Pennsylvania. It is loosely based on the story of Bruce Johnston Jr., whose father — Bruce Alfred Johnston Sr. (1939–2002) — was the leader of Pennsylvania's notorious Johnston Gang.

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"[to his sons Tommy and Brad Jr., after the departure of Lester Peralsky, an accomplice who became a police informant] Boy ain't got the life expectancy of a housefly."

"Most people who drive through here see farms. Houses, and fields, and shit. I see money, I see things, everything got my name writ' on it!"

"Uncle Patch Whitewood: [to Brad Jr.] Let's me and you go into the next room and start sniffin' some ideas."

"Sean Penn - Brad Whitewood Jr."

"Christopher Walken - Brad Whitewood Sr."

"Mary Stuart Masterson - Terry"

"Chris Penn - Tommy Whitewood"

"Millie Perkins - Julie"

"Eileen Ryan - Grandma"

"Tracey Walter - Uncle Patch Whitewood"

"R. D. Call - Dickie"

"David Strathairn - Tony Pine"

"J. C. Quinn - Boyd"

"Candy Clark - Mary Sue"

"Jake Dengel - Lester"

"Kiefer Sutherland - Tim"

"Crispin Glover - Lucas"

"Stephen Geoffreys - Aggie"

"Alan Autry - Ernie"

"Noelle Parker - Jill"

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