Frogs for Snakes is a 1998 film written and directed by Amos Poe. Plot Out of work actress Eva (Hershey), pays her way by working as a waitress at a diner in Manhattan's Lower East Side owned by Quint (Hart). She makes extra cash by making collections for her ex-husband, loan shark Al (Coltrane). The film also involves Eva's new boyfriend Zip (Leguizamo), wanna-be actress Myrna (Marie), Al's girlfriend Simone (Mazar), gangster Gascone (Perlman), and Al's driver UB (Deblinger). Eva is ready to give up both the loan collecting and acting, dreaming of a suburban house with a picket-fence lifestyle with her son Augie (Kerkoulas). Al agrees to let her go, but needs her for just one more job, locating the missing $600,000 stolen from him by Flav (Theroux). Al also plans to produce a stage production of David Mamet's American Buffalo, and he offers a role to UB if he will murder Zip. Principal cast Barbara Hershey as Eva Santana Robbie Coltrane as Al Santana Ian Hart as Quint John Leguizamo as "Zip" Debi Mazar as Simone Ron Perlman as Gascone Justin Theroux as "Flav" Santana Clarence Williams III as Huck Hanley Harry Hamlin as Klench Lisa Marie as Myrna L'Hatsky Nick Chinlund as Iggy Schmurtz David Deblinger as U.B. Zak Kerkoulas as Augie Critical reception The film received mostly negative reviews. Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film zero stars: Mark Savlov of The Austin Chronicle: Soundtrack listing "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan "Uneasy Street" by Lazy Boy "Sweet Thing" by The Gaturs "Theme From Headtrader" by Lazy Boy "Destination Moon" by Dinah Washington "Delivery For Mr. Rilke" by Jeffrey Howard "Downtown" by Toledo Diamond "The Man with The Golden Arm" by Barry Adamson "Blood on White Shoes" by Howard Shore "Not a Waltz" by Wolly "Horns for Harry" by Jeffrey Howard "Mr. Excitement" by Tipsy "Fly Away" by Poe "Si Mi Chiamo Mimi" from La bohème, with vocalist Luba Orgonášová and Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" by Patti Smith References External links 1998 films American black comedy films American crime comedy films Artisan Entertainment films Films set in New York City Films shot in New York City American independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films