Wrongfully Accused (1998)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Pat Proft

Writer (WGA):

Pat Proft (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

It's not just a movie. It's every movie.

Plot:

Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.

Plot Keywords:

One Legged Man | Bus | Murder | Death | Violin

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Ryan Harrison
Richard Crenna	...	Lieutenant Fergus Falls
Kelly LeBrock	...	Lauren Goodhue (as Kelly Le Brock)
Melinda McGraw	...	Cass Lake
Michael York	...	Hibbing Goodhue
Sandra Bernhard	...	Doctor Fridley
Aaron Pearl	...	Sean Laughrea
Leslie Jones	...	Sergeant Tina Bagley
Benjamin Ratner	...	Sergeant Orono (as Ben Ratner)
Gerard Plunkett	...	Sir Robert McKintyre
Duncan Fraser	...	Sergeant McMacDonald
John Walsh	...	John Walsh
Maury Hannigan	...	Commissioner Hannigan
Chick Hearn	...	Basketball Announcer
Lambchop	...	Herself

Also Known As:

Leslie Nielsen ist sehr verdächtig (Germany)
Sehr verdächtig (Germany) (alternative title)
Unter falschem Verdacht (Germany) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor and language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (No. 35970) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

In the hospital, a voice pages "Dr. Kimble". This was Harrison Ford's wrongfully accused character in The Fugitive (1993). The TV news reader is also named Kimble.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Ryan Harrison goes to the corn field in the car he hot wired, he gets out and you see a British Columbia license plate. He is supposed to be in Minnesota.

Quotes:

Ruth the News Anchor: Good afternoon I'm Ruth Kimbell with your hometown news. For 36 hours Ryan Harrison, Murderer, all around big dink has been a fugitive. Lt. Fergus Falls is heading a worldwide manhunt. Police helicopters, dogs, psychics, and thousands of police are involved...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Soundtrack:

I'm Always Here

One-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man

There has been a murder in town and the violin player superstar is the main suspect.He is wrongfully accused, of course.He gets a death sentence but he manages to escape.So then he is an innicent violin player chased by the cops.All he knows is that the real murderer is a one-armed, one-legged and one-eyed man. Shouldn't be so hard to find.Easier said than done.Wrongfully Accused is a comedy, that has parodies from many other movies and some series.Mostly from The Fugitive.There are also parodies from movies like Braveheart and Titanic.Leslie Nielsen is perfect for the movie.He knows the genre very well.He is a parody man.Great comedian.Great comedy.