

The Jerks
1987-10-21 · 85 min · ★ 6.1
Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, however, is crowned by complete failure. Actually, Babis used Leonidas to create a diversion in order to rob a jeweler's shop. Leonidas flies into a rage and swears to take revenge on the "teacher". The scuffle that follows results in all of them ending up in hospital.
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- Directors
- Giorgos Konstantinou
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- Countries
- Greece
- Status
- Released
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Giorgos KonstantinouLeonidas
Tasos PsomopoulosVlasis
Markos LezesToufas
Frini ArvanitiFroso
Kostas KaragiorgisBabis
Kostas PaliosDoukas
Giannis VourosMickey
Yiorgos PetrohilosGogo
Linda GigaLiana
Kostas MakedosFouskas
Dimitris VasmatzisLahtaras
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