Married to the Mob

Married to the Mob
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Demme
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byCraig McKay
Music byDavid Byrne
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • August 19, 1988 (1988-08-19)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million
Box office$21.4 million

Married to the Mob is a 1988 American crime romantic comedy film[1] directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, and Alec Baldwin.[2] Pfeiffer plays Angela de Marco, a gangster's widow from Brooklyn, opposite Modine as the undercover FBI agent assigned the task of investigating her mafia connections.

The film was released on August 19, 1988, by Orion Pictures. It earned positive reviews from critics and earned several accolades; Pfeiffer was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and Stockwell was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

  1. ^ "Married to the Mob (1988)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  2. ^ "Married to the Mob". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.