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Director:
Sidney Poitier
Writers:
Henry Rosenbaum (writer)
David Taylor (writer)
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Release Date:
4 June 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
From the People who Brought you 'Stir Crazy' more
Plot:
The complete innocent, Michael Jordan, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a... more | add synopsis
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Together again! (for film buffs only?) more

Cast

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Gene Wilder ... Michael Jordon
Gilda Radner ... Kate Hellman

Kathleen Quinlan ... Janet Dunn

Richard Widmark ... Ransom
Robert Prosky ... Hiram Calder
Josef Sommer ... Adrian Pruitt
Johnny Sekka ... Lacey

Jay O. Sanders ... Katz
Sam Gray ... Dr. John Wolff
Larry Bryggman ... Stacy
Pat Corley ... Pilot
Johnny Brown ... Bus Driver
Bill Beutel ... Anchorman
Nat Habib ... Cab Driver
James Tolkan ... Conferee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Traces (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
110 min | Canada:107 min (Ontario)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although rated PG, the use of the word 'f**k' is used at least once. more
Quotes:
Ransom: What is your connection with Janet Dunn?
Michael Jordon: He is my brother.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002) (TV) more

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Together again! (for film buffs only?), 6 May 2008
Author: (brice@crawfordredfern.com) from United Kingdom

No, I'm not referring to Gene Wilder (extravagantly OTT) and Gilda Radner (in her tentative big screen debut) but to Richard Widmark, whose dour villain Ransom is a long, long way from his laughing killer Tommy Uddo way back in 1947, and director Poitier who played the noble victim of rat-like racist Widmark in Joseph L Mankiewicz's 'No Way Out' in 1950. Widmark was, it is said, troubled by the ferocity of his role but Poitier took it in good part and they acted together again in the daft but entertaining 'The Long Ships' in 1963, and, more rewardingly, in 'The Bedford Incident' in 1965. So, was Poitier doing veteran Widmark a favour by casting him in this so-so comedy, or was Widmark playing a (frankly unworthy) role for old time's sake? Anyway, seeing the film again 26 years on, in the wake of Widmark's death last month, I found myself laughing more than I'd expected (as well as lamenting the early demise of the gorgeous Kathleen Quinlan!).

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