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Overview

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Writers:
James Booth (screenplay)
John Daly (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Action | Crime more
Tagline:
An enthralling & action-packed comedy-thriller, full of blistering excitement. {UK Video} more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Farrah Fawcett passes away
 (From Corona's Coming Attractions. 25 June 2009, 11:48 AM, PDT)

Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer at Age 62
 (From CinemaSpy. 24 June 2009, 9:25 PM, PDT)

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Acapulco, Farrah, and Supporting Cast Make Routine Mystery Watchable more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Farrah Fawcett ... Ellie (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
Charles Grodin ... Jake

Art Carney ... Marcus

Joan Collins ... Nera
William Daniels ... Crawford
John Hillerman ... Webb
Eleanor Parker ... Mrs. Thoren
Keenan Wynn ... Mark Elmes
Robin Clarke ... Karl
Joan Goodfellow ... Joanna
Jack Kruschen ... Gela
Alejandro Rey ... Fons
Jorge Luke ... Vasquez

Seymour Cassel ... Dobbs
Joanna Rush ... Mamie (as Joanna Lehmann)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Mexico
Company:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This marks the final film appearance of Eleanor Parker. more
Soundtrack:
One Night Tan more

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Acapulco, Farrah, and Supporting Cast Make Routine Mystery Watchable, 17 March 2004
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Author: Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci (dtb) from Whitehall, PA

A rich old man has a suspicious fatal car accident in Acapulco, and his widow wants his insurance company to pony up $5 million. What can they do? "Get me Jake Decker!" barks company bigwig Keenan Wynn. OK, they get hotshot investigator Decker to check it out, but he's played by Charles Grodin, whose self-consciously dry brand of comedy needs a script tailored to his style (like MIDNIGHT RUN, REAL LIFE, or 11 HARROWHOUSE, which he co-wrote, which explains a lot...but I digress... :-), which the routine insurance fraud plot of SUNBURN doesn't provide. What can the filmmakers do? Get Farrah Fawcett(-Majors, as she was then billed) at her most charming and dazzling, Art Carney in fine form, and a good supporting cast including Joan Collins (hilarious as a sex-crazy glamorpuss), Alejandro Rey, Seymour Cassel, John Hillerman, and brief bits by Eleanor Parker and the aforementioned Wynn. Put them in Acapulco's most beautiful locations, sprinkle in a few background tunes by 10 CC, and voila! You've made a blah crime caper into a lively, unassuming bit of fun for a lazy afternoon (or a snowy one, like the kind we've been having this week). Best sight gag: Farrah's insanely huge load of luggage (reminded me of trips with my mom). Cute seemingly off-the-cuff bit: Grodin mistaking the portrait of Collins' father for one of Lee Van Cleef. Farrah and Carney also get into a pretty good car chase that ends up in a bullring. If you stumble across this on cable and you have nothing better to do, this SUNBURN isn't painful at all!

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