They decide to drive through the South. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. Fred 'Herman Munster' Gwynne is great value as the presiding judge struggling to understand Vinny's Noo Yawk accent. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks.
But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. Motor-mouthed comedy, best known for Marisa Tomei's Oscar-winning turn as Vinny's feisty fiancee and Macchio's re-emergence after the Karate Kid years. They decide to drive through the South. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence.
The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. Worse, until now he's only taken personal injury cases, none of which have gone to trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery.
Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. . But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend , to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South! Joe Pesci plays the inexperienced Brooklyn lawyer who travels to a small backwater town in Alabama to defend his cousin Ralph Macchio on a murder charge.
The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested.
Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Unable to afford an attorney, they turn to Bill's cousin Vinny, a brash New Yorker who took six tries to pass his bar exam. They decide to drive through the South. But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. Dragging along his even more abrasive fiancee Mona Lisa Vito, Vinny will have to straighten up fast, and keep out of jail himself, if he's going to win the case. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime.
A Comedy Of Trial And Error There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified The Great American Legal System. Truth, Justice And The Gambini Way. They decide to drive through the South. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito, who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence.
Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. This is not one of them. Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder.
The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. Synopsis Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them. . . .
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