<P> Trapped in Paradise (stylised onscreen as Trapped in PARADISE) is a 1994 American Christmas - themed crime comedy film written and directed by George Gallo, and starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, and Dana Carvey . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> At Christmas time, New York restaurant manager Bill Firpo's (Nicolas Cage) brothers Dave (Jon Lovitz) and Alvin (Dana Carvey) are paroled early and placed in Bill's custody . Dave and Alvin ask Bill to take them to Paradise, Pennsylvania to do a favor for a fellow inmate of theirs . Bill refuses as his brothers are not allowed out of the state and he knows Dave's pathological tendencies . He only agrees after getting linked to a robbery his brothers made . When they discover Paradise's bank is light on security, Bill feels the urge to rob it if he had a gun . Fortunately, there are guns in the car Dave and Alvin borrowed . With Alvin driving a stolen car, Bill and Dave storm the bank in ski - masks . The bank president's wife (Angela Paton) tells them that the bank safe door is locked and the president, Mr. Clifford Anderson (Donald Moffat), is on lunch . While Dave stays in the bank, Alvin and Bill charge into the restaurant, taking Mr. Anderson and the restaurant patrons back to the bank . Bill and Dave gain access to the vault and soon rush out of the bank with $275,000, with Alvin driving the getaway car . </P>

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