Funny, original, and thoroughly cinematic, Down by Law represents writer-director Jim Jarmusch at his most ingratiating and evocative.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jim Jarmusch -
Producer -
Alan Kleinberg -
Screenwriter -
Jim Jarmusch -
Distributor -
Criterion Collection -
Production Co -
Island Pictures -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Comedy , Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 7, 1986, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 23, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$106.5K -
Runtime -
1h 46m