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Obese lawyer Billy Halleck, charged with vehicular manslaughter after killing an old Gypsy woman, is acquitted thanks to his connection with the judge. As he leaves the courthouse, the 106-year-old father of the woman places a curse on him that causes him to rapidly lose weight. After learning that the Gypsy placed a curse on the judge (making him grow hideous scales on his face) and his other friend, a cop that lied on the stand to aid him (leaving his face pockmarked with huge zits), Halleck enlists the help of a former client and mob boss to terrorize the Gypsy to lift his curse.

 

Made into a movie in 1996 with Robert John Burke as Halleck, Joe Mantegna as the mob boss, and Kari Wurhrer as a Gypsy (the ancient one's great-granddaughter, to be precise).

 

* [[Arc Words]]: After the old gypsy derisively calls Halleck "White Man from Town", he uses the phrase to intimidate them into taking the curse off.

* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: The passages supposedly in the Romani language are, in fact, in Swedish, and mostly gibberish.

* [[A Friend in Need]]: When his wife fails to believe he is cursed (and in fact conspires with a local doctor to commit him to a Mental Institution should he return home), Billy turns to [[The Don|Richie Ginelli]], a Mafioso who he is acquainted with. Richie sends Billy a doctor, then shows up himself to wreck havoc on the Gypsies until the they agree to lift the curse. {{spoiler|He dies for his troubles, but accepted that fact beforehand.}}

* [[Gypsy Curse]]: Three, to be precise: The titular one, the "lizard" one on the judge, and the mega-acne one on the cop.

** He probably should have stuck to [[Criminal Minds|helping track down Un-Subs.]]

* [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]: Gina Lemke is one. Kari Wuhrer plays her in the film.

 

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