Finders Keepers (1984)

Director:

Richard Lester

Writers:

Charles Dennis (novel)
Charles Dennis (screenplay)
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Release Date:

18 May 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A coast to coast joy ride

Plot:

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Moving A Building | Independent Film | Based On Novel

Cast

Michael O'Keefe	...	Michael Rangeloff
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Standish Logan
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Century
Pamela Stephenson	...	Georgiana Latimer
Ed Lauter	...	Josef Sirola
David Wayne	...	Stapleton
Brian Dennehy	...	Frizzoli
Jack Riley	...	Ormond
John Schuck	...	Police Chief Norris
Timothy Blake	...	Estelle Norris
Jim Carrey	...	Lane Bidlekoff
Robert Clothier	...	Art Bumbalee
Jayne Eastwood	...	Anna-Marie Biddlecoff
Alf Humphreys	...	Mulholland
Barbara Kermode	...	Isadore Frizzoli
Paul Coeur	...	Deputy Police Chief Dunaway
Bill Mankuma	...	Wade Eichorn
Richard Newman	...	Pawnbroker
Frances Flanagan	...	Nadine Gardner
Campbell Lane	...	Stanton Gilmore
Wayne Robson	...	Zev Tyndale
Margaret Martin	...	Flo Humberside
Judy Leigh-Johnson	...	Harriet Frizzoli
Kevin Cork	...	Hotel Night Clerk
John Stocker	...	UBS Editor
Harvey Atkin	...	Salesman in Train
J.C. Roberts	...	Pilkington Man
Kymm Dungy	...	Diesel
Margaret Hertlein	...	Hojo of 'Unholy Rollers'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank C. Turner	...	Elvis, Railway Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Lester

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Dennis		novel "The Next-to-Last Train Ride"
Charles Dennis		screenplay
Ronny Graham
Terence Marsh

Produced by
Sandra Marsh	....	producer
Terence Marsh	....	producer
Dusty Symonds	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ken Thorne

Cinematography by
Brian West

Film Editing by
John Victor-Smith

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Debbie McWilliams

Production Design by
Terence Marsh

Art Direction by
J. Dennis Washington

Set Decoration by
Michael Seirton

Costume Design by
Yvonne Blake

Makeup Department
Ilona Herman	....	makeup artist
John Moar	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Liz Kerry	....	unit manager
Les Kimber	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant director
Murray Ord	....	third assistant director
Michael E. Steele	....	second assistant director (as Michael Steele)

Art Department
Alan Booth	....	construction manager
Jim Erickson	....	production buyer
Brian Humphrey	....	property master

Sound Department
Frank H. Griffiths	....	sound assistant
Peter Handford	....	sound editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rocky Phelan	....	sound editor
Don Sharpe	....	sound editor
Colin Wood	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Brian Warner	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Marc Boyle	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Heather	....	assistant camera
Frank Heeney	....	gaffer
Martin Hume	....	assistant camera
John McCallum	....	assistant camera (as Sandy McCallum)
Shaun O'Dell	....	camera operator
Takashi Seida	....	still photographer
Danny Shelmerdine	....	assistant camera
Allen Smith	....	camera operator
Jimmy Waters	....	key grip

Casting Department
Robert Milicevic	....	co-casting
Trish Robinson	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jerry R. Allen	....	wardrobe master (as Jerry Allen)

Editorial Department
Barbara Ann Schoemaker	....	third assistant editor
Peter Shatalow	....	assembly editor

Music Department
John Richards	....	music recordist

Other crew
Trudy Bell	....	production assistant
Paul Cadiou	....	production accountant
Pamela Carlton	....	continuity
Quinn Donoghue	....	publicist
Doug MacLeod	....	location manager
Jennie McClean	....	assistant to producers
Susan Starre McKibbin	....	assistant accountant (as Susan McKibbon)
Tana Tocher	....	caterer

Production Companies

• CBS Entertainment Production

Distributors

• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Key Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Other Companies

• General Screen Enterprises  titles
• Music Centre, The  music recorded at
• Panavision  cameras
• Technicolor  film processing
• Twickenham Film Studios  sound re-recorded at
• Western Costume Company  costumes

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Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

High River, Alberta, Canada

Company:

CBS Entertainment Production

Quotes:

Michael Rangeloff:That's an expensive watch!
Pawnbroker:So take off the clothes and put on the watch. See how many restaurants you get into.

Movie Connections:

References "Twilight Zone" (1959)

Soundtrack:

I Get Around

Probably the funniest movie you haven't seen

Despite a fairly well-known cast, this one never made too many waves. I recommend you give it a try, however, in the interest of having a very good time. Even more mistaken identities, boomeranging cons, and wild coincidences that you ever thought you'd see punctuate this slambang farce, but the tone is so wifty and lighthearted you never lose faith. Great lead performances by O'Keefe, Gossett, and D'Angelo are teamed with great supporting performances by Dennehy, Lauter, and an early one by Jim Carrey. The funniest one of all, however, is David Wayne as the oldest conductor in America. Do yourself a favor and see this.