A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
Down by Law is of 1 hour(s) and 46 minute(s). It is Produced By: Island Pictures, Black Snake, Grokenberger Film Produktion. It was released on 1986-09-20. It has the tagline: It's not where you start - It's where you start again. It has an average vote of 7.359 on TMDB.
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