After 40-odd years, Vinnie (Peter Falk) has a decent life. He and his wife, Ellen (Tyne Daly) finally have some time together and his bar in South Boston is a second home for the neighborhood men. The guys drink up front, and place bets in the back room. And when somebody local is down on their luck, Vinnie can be counted on to strike a fair deal. Vinnie knows that Frankie (Timothy Hutton) is blowing paychecks on the numbers and driving away his wife (Lauren Holly), but Vinnie is a reasonable man. He respects the business "associates" who keep interests in his backroom operation, and they in turn don't pressure him. That is until Pete from the Italian partnership, sends over his itchy, arogant nephew Tony (Freddie Prinze, Jr.). Vinnie thinks that he has endured worse. All it takes is one small choice - an uncle looking for a member of his family, or a bookie looking the other way - for an entire world to change...
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