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Pure Luck (1991) -- A private investigator teams up with an accident-prone accountant to find a missing heiress.
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5.0/10   2,492 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Francis Veber (film La Chevre)
Herschel Weingrod (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 August 1991 (USA) more
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Somewhere on the Mexican Riviera, a beautiful, rich heiress has gone missing. Only one man can find her. Unfortunately, they sent two. more
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The daughter of a wealthy bussinessman has dissapeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful... more | add synopsis
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Wonderfully funny, slapstick adventure. more (37 total)

Cast

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Martin Short ... Eugene Proctor

Danny Glover ... Raymond Campanella
Sheila Kelley ... Valerie Highsmith
Sam Wanamaker ... Highsmith
Scott Wilson ... Frank Grimes

Harry Shearer ... Monosoff
Jorge Russek ... Inspector Segura
Rodrigo Puebla ... Fernando

John H. Brennan ... Tyler
Jorge Luke ... Pilot
Abel Woolrich ... Prisoner
Patricia Gage ... Secretary
Ariane Pellicer ... Girl at Club
Alexandra Vicencio ... Nurse
Sharlene Martin ... Nurse
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96 min
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Continuity: After Eugene backs the Jeep halfway off the edge of the cliff, Raymond ends up falling out the back of the Jeep, knocking the tail gate open. Raymond is hanging upside down by his foot which is caught in a strap of some kind. A minute later, we see a shot from Eugene's point of view and see Raymond's hands gripping the top of the tail gate which is in back in the upright (closed) position. more
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Eugene Proctor: Fish what I wanted more
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Wonderfully funny, slapstick adventure., 26 July 2001
Author: GrantCAGE from Liverpool, ENGLAND

What has everybody got against this movie? It's damn funny! Martin Short and Danny Glover going over from NYC to Mexico to search for the accident-prone daughter of Short's big company boss Highsmith. Monosoft, played by the brilliant Harry Shearer, has the idea of sending Eugene Proctor (Short) to Mexico with detective Raymond Campanella (Glover). The jokes come thick and fast and, although sometimes predictable, the movie goes along fine with plenty of wonderful slapstick thrown in all over the place. Probably the funniest scene of Eugene inflating to twice his size because of a bee sting in the helicopter! All in all, this is not a movie to be taken too seriously! It's a funny, light-hearted film with plenty of action and comedy thrown in that will always entertain well for people of all ages.8/10

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Funny,funny ,funny movie that deserves a higher rating!!! deedlebug32
Recently got a sealed LaserDisc; suggestions to convert to DVD? CurtisTheGreat
An absolute waste ... mloessel
BEE STING Kjosmyth
Torture Scene kevin-mckiernan
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