American Buffalo (1996) on Netflix
Teach passes his days at Donny's junk shop, where Bobby runs errands for Donny. Teach schemes to steal rare coins from a man's safe.
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Plot summary
Donny's junk shop stands in a decaying, sparsely populated neighborhood. Teach has no visible means of support and spends many hours there. Bobby, a young man eager to please Donny, runs errands for food or information. Teach proposes stealing rare coins that a man is said to keep in a safe at home. Donny plans to send Bobby in for the coins, and Teach says that is too risky.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about American Buffalo (1996)
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- Al Pacino, who played Teach in the 1983 Broadway revival, was the first choice to reprise the role in the film, but he did not respond in a timely fashion, so director Michael Corrente offered the part to Dustin Hoffman.
