Greedy (1994) on Netflix
Joe McTeague, a wealthy scrap-metal tycoon, has relatives competing for his fortune. They bring back Danny, a struggling bowler, hoping the grand-nephew can win the old man over.
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Plot summary
Niece Patti, nephews Carl, Frank and Glen, and their spouses Ed, Nora, Tina and Muriel all want a share of the $25 million that Joe McTeague, a wheelchair-using scrap-metal tycoon, will leave behind. Joe prefers the company of Molly Richardson, the nurse he has hired. Frank hires a private detective, Laura, to bring home the cousin who left the family years ago. Laura finds his son Danny instead, a professional bowler who has just lost a tournament and been told his wrist is showing early arthritis. Joe always favored Danny. Danny's girlfriend Robin, a television sports producer, pushes him to ask his great-uncle for a $300,000 loan to open a bowling alley. Joe agrees only if Danny sides against his own father. Danny refuses and leaves.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Greedy (1994)
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- The premise of Greedy drew on Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, and Kirk Douglas's character Joe McTeague was named after the title figure of Frank Norris's McTeague, the novel that became Erich von Stroheim's 1924 film Greed.
