Beautiful Joe

A bad girl becomes a con artist, gets into trouble with the mob and taps a nice-guy florist for help.

Cast

Billy Connolly

as Joe

Sharon Stone

as Hush

Jurnee Smollett

as Vivien Mason

Gil Bellows

as Elton

Frank C. Turner

as Frank

Ian Holm

as George The Geek

Dann Florek

as Happy

Nicholas W. von Zill

as Maitre D'

Kenji Shimizu

as Japanese Business Man #2

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