No Good Deed (2002 film)

2002 German film

No Good Deed

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Bob Rafelson
Written by|

* Christopher Cannan
* Steve Barancik

Based on| "The House in Turk Street"
by Dashiell Hammett
Produced by|

* Barry M. Berg
* David Braun

Starring|

* Samuel L. Jackson
* Milla Jovovich
* Stellan Skarsgård

Cinematography| Juan Ruiz Anchía
Edited by| William S. Scharf
Music by| Jeff Beal
Distributed by| Mac Releasing

Release dates

* June 29, 2002 (2002-06-29) (Moscow Film Festival)
* September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) (United States)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Countries| Germany
United States
Language| English
Budget| $12 million[1]
Box office| $1.4 million[2]

No Good Deed is a 2002 American crime thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson, his last feature film. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård and Doug Hutchison. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story "The House in Turk Street" by Dashiell Hammett. The original music score is by Jeff Beal.

It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

## Plot

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Jack Friar is a police detective who, while doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager on Turk Street, stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. Jack finds himself being held hostage while the criminals decide what to do with him, and the leader's beautiful girlfriend Erin is left alone to watch Jack.

Erin, who is a master manipulator of the men in the gang, reveals another side to Jack – a melancholy romantic who could have been a classical cellist. She finds Jack's captivity an irresistible turn-on and he cannot figure out if she is being honest or if she is manipulating him as well. Before the gang returns, Jack and Erin's connection intensifies, leaving the fate of the money in question.

## Main cast

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* Samuel L. Jackson as Jack Friar
* Milla Jovovich as Erin
* Stellan Skarsgård as Tyrone Abernathy
* Doug Hutchison as Hoop
* Joss Ackland as Mr. Thomas Quarre
* Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Karen Quarre
* Francis X. McCarthy as Bank Manager
* Jonathan Higgins as David Brewster
* Shannon Lawson as Amy
* Robert Welch as Willy

## Awards

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Bob Rafelson was nominated for a prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2002.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Samuel L. Jackson filmography
* List of films featuring diabetes

## References

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1. ^ "No Good Deed".
2. ^ "No Good Deed".
3. ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

## External links

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* No Good Deed at IMDb
* No Good Deed at Rotten Tomatoes
* No Good Deed at Box Office Mojo

* v
* t
* e

Films directed by Bob Rafelson

* Head (1968)
* Five Easy Pieces (1970)
* The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
* Stay Hungry (1976)
* The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
* Black Widow (1987)
* Mountains of the Moon (1990)
* Man Trouble (1992)
* Wet (1995)
* Blood and Wine (1996)
* Poodle Springs (1998)
* No Good Deed (2002)

* v
* t
* e

Dashiell Hammett

Novels|

* Red Harvest
* The Dain Curse
* The Maltese Falcon
* The Glass Key
* The Thin Man

Characters|

* The Continental Op
* Sam Spade
* Ned Beaumont
* Nick and Nora Charles

Screenplays|

* After the Thin Man
* Shadow of the Thin Man
* The Glass Key
* Watch on the Rhine

Comics|

* Secret Agent X-9

Film
adaptations|

* Roadhouse Nights (1930)
* City Streets (1931)
* The Maltese Falcon (1931)
* The Thin Man (1934)
* Woman in the Dark (1934)
* The Glass Key (1935)
* Satan Met a Lady (1936)
* After the Thin Man (1936)
* Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
* Another Thin Man (1939)
* The Maltese Falcon (1941)
* Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
* The Glass Key (1942)
* The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
* Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
* Song of the Thin Man (1947)
* The Dain Curse (1978)
* No Good Deed (2002)

Related|

* Lillian Hellman (partner)
* Julia (1977 film)
* Hammett (1982 film)
* Dash and Lilly (1999 film)

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