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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) -- Gene Wilder plays Dave, the deaf owner of a newsstand, who hires Wally (Pryor), a blind gambler, to work for him. Wally's bookie comes to the newsstand and is shot by a mysterious woman, Eve (Joan Severance), but, before dying, he drops a priceless coin into Dave's cigar box till.
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Director:
Arthur Hiller
Writers (WGA):
Earl Barret (story) &
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Release Date:
12 May 1989 (USA) more
Tagline:
MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it.
Plot:
Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave that was looking at her, and Wally that was listening... full summary | add synopsis
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Costume Designer Coffey Found Dead
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Pryor ... Wallace 'Wally' Karue

Gene Wilder ... Dave Lyons

Joan Severance ... Eve

Kevin Spacey ... Kirgo
Alan North ... Braddock
Anthony Zerbe ... Sutherland
Louis Giambalvo ... Gatlin
Kirsten Childs ... Adele

Hardy Rawls ... Beefy Tourist
Audrie J. Neenan ... Policewoman and Marilyn

Lauren Tom ... Mitzie
John Capodice ... Scotto
George Bartenieff ... Huddelston

Alexandra Neil ... Sally
Tonya Pinkins ... Leslie
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
Gene Wilder went to the NY League for the Hard of Hearing to study for his role, and he was assigned to his future wife, Karen Boyer. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Camera dolly tracks when the killers catch Dave and Wally after they escape from the police station. more
Quotes:
Cabbie: Let me see a badge!
Kirgo: [holds up gun] This is my badge!
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Movie Connections:
Remade as Pyare Mohan (2006) more
Soundtrack:
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13 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
this is genius, 20 August 2001
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Author: deko (dereksays booyaa) from london

This has to be one of the funniest films ever made.Two of the best comic actors in recent history.Who has there been since?next to this film I would have to put stire crazy but see no evil just eclipses it with the perfect timing of the jokes and the best scene of all fuzzy wuzzy was a what?{HAS TO BE SEEN}

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