''Kiss Toledo Goodbye'' is a 1999

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/ thriller film directed by Lyndon Chubbuck. Film stars

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, Christopher Walken,

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, Nancy Allen and

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. Rapaport plays a young man who suddenly learns that the biological father he knew nothing about is a crime lord. Upon witnessing his father's death, he is expected to join forces with his new "family" and is challenged to prove himself.

Plot

Following the assassination of his crime-boss biological father (

), whom he had not even known existed, a young Ohio investment advisor (

) must impersonate a Mafia Godfather for a few weeks to prevent a gang war. He tries to keep this new life secret from his real family, especially his very jealous fiancée (

), with the help of his new "family" and his father's chief lieutenant ( Christopher Walken). At the same time he is being pressured by his boss at work to sign-off on a due diligence report for a questionable investment, trying to keep his family safe, dodging assassination attempts, and trying to uncover who killed his father.

Cast

as Kevin Gower * Christopher Walken as Max *

as Sal Fortuna *

as Deeann Emory * Jamie Anderson as Wendy * Nancy Allen as Madge *

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as Nicky *

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as Vince * Saul Stein as Anthony *

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as Oz

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