DJ Zack and pimp Jack end up in prison for being too laid-back to avoid being framed for crimes they didn't commit. They end up sharing a cell with eccentric Italian optimist Roberto, whose limited command of the English language is both entertaining and infuriating. More useful to them is the fact that Roberto knows an escape route.
Written by
Michael Brooke
Plot Synopsis:
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(spoilers!!!!)

the movie starts out with Zack, an out-of-work cant be pleased with anyone or anything radio DJ who has just gotten kicked out of his girlfriends apartment. Angry and upset, he gets nearly wasted and stays out in front of a local bar, where a mob boss gives him 2000 dollars to drive "a clean car" from Point A (The Bar) to Point B (the next city over), little does Zack know that inside of the trunk contains a dead body. Because Zack is drunk, the cops pull him over, search the car, and take him directly to prison.

Cut to a scene of a local pimp named Jack, attempting to cut a deal with a customer. This man is big stuff around the city and has lots of enemies. Cut to the next scene where the phone rings, and one of Jacks enemies tells him of a girl whos interested in "working for him". Jack goes to the hotel to find that the girl is a little child, and that this was a police set-up to nail Jack.

Cut to the next scene where Zack, sitting in jail is introduced to Jack the pimp. And later on we meet Roberto, an Italian man who committed manslaughter.

After months of rotting in prison, Roberto finds a way for the men to escape.

The rest of the movie is them running from the law, and how they escape and the fate of the three men

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Bulgaria (Bulgarian title): ИзвÑŠн закона
Brazil: Daunbailó
Czech Republic: Mimo zákon
Germany (TV title): Down by Law - Alles im Griff
Denmark: Down by Law
Spain: Bajo el peso de la ley
Finland: Down by Law
France: Down by Law - Sous le coup de la loi
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title): Stin pagida tou nomou
Greece: ΣÏ„ην Ï€αγίδα Ï„οÏ… νÏŒμοÏ…
Hungary: TörvènytÅ‘l sújtva
Italy: Daunbailò
Lithuania: Uz istatymo ribu
Poland: Poza prawem
Portugal: Vencidos pela Lei
Serbia: Pod rukom zakona
Slovenia: Pod udarom zakona
Soviet Union (Russian title): Ð’не закона
Turkey (Turkish title): Içerdekiler
Ukraine: Поза законом
Uruguay (original subtitled version): Bajo el peso de la ley
West Germany: Down by Law