Stick is a 1985 film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.
Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go home is a drug deal that goes sour. With his friend dead, Stick needs to hide out for a while to elude the killers (who must eliminate him as a witness)...
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Stick is a 1985 film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.
Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go home is a drug deal that goes sour. With his friend dead, Stick needs to hide out for a while to elude the killers (who must eliminate him as a witness).
While laying low, Stick finds himself in the right place at the right time when he helps a millionaire eccentric named Barry get into his locked car. Hired as a driver, he has a comfortable home with a stable job and tries to make up for lost time with Katie, his teenaged daughter. Stick also finds a new flame in Kyle, a financial consultant who knows Barry.
Before he can move on, however, Stick confronts drug dealer Chucky to demand the money owed to his murdered friend. Chucky refuses and sends albino hitman Mokey after the ex-con. Stick...
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