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Gettin' Square
Comedy · Thriller · Crime · 2003
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
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Gettin' Square
“Sunny place. Shady people.”
2003 Comedy · Thriller · Crime 1h 40m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jonathan Teplitzky
Written by
Chris Nyst
Sam Worthington
Barry 'Wattsy' Wirth
David Wenham
Johnny Francis 'Spit' Spitieri
Timothy Spall
Darren Barrington
Freya Stafford
Annie Flynn
Gary Sweet
Chicka Martin
Richard Carter
Craig Knob
David Field
Arnie DeViers
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