Duke Nicholson, the grandson of Jack Nicholson, stars in his first leading role in the crime thriller, The Deputy. Nicholson is joined by a great ensemble of William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish, Stephen Dorff, Billie Lourd, and Julia Fox. Damn. The film is directed by Matt Sukkar in his debut, with a script by Narcos and The Great Wall writer Carlo Bernard.
As seen in the new trailer, Nicholson plays Deputy Toby Sawyer who is tasked by his Chief to watch over a dead body until the coroner arrives, only to lose track of the corpse. In the quest to recover it, he reveals small-town corruption that he is encouraged to ignore.
Haddish plays Deputy Amanda Jackson, who appears to be the only one Toby can trust.
SYNOPSIS: Chief Kreuger (William H. Macy) assigns rookie Deputy Toby Sawyer (Duke Nicholson) to guard a dead body. But when the corpse vanishes, Toby launches a frantic search that unearths decades of small-town rot. Pressured to look the other way, Toby finds a lone ally in Deputy Amanda Jackson (Tiffany Haddish) and sets his sights to unravel a lethal web of corruption to clear his name in a town where secrets stay buried.
The Deputy opens in theaters, digital, and VOD on Septembe 25th from Well Go USA Entertainment!
