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Francis Veber (written by)
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Release Date:
27 January 1989 (USA) more
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Nick Nolte is an experienced criminal trying to go straight until bumbling bank robber, Martin Short and his young daughter enter his life and turn it upside down in "Three Fugitives". more
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On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Reasonable comedy that becomes too sentimental more (31 total)

Cast

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Nick Nolte ... Lucas

Martin Short ... Ned Perry
Sarah Rowland Doroff ... Meg Perry

James Earl Jones ... Dugan

Alan Ruck ... Dectective Tener
Kenneth McMillan ... Dr. Horvath
David Arnott ... Fogerty, Bank Teller

Bruce McGill ... Charlie

Lee Garlington ... Woman Cop

Sy Richardson ... Tucker
Rocky Giordani ... Bowles

Rick Hall ... Police Dog Handler
Bill Cross ... Guard at Prison
Stanley Brock ... Release Sergeant
John Procaccino ... Highway Patrolman
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96 min | Spain:92 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Lucas, Ned and Meg escape to Canada. Martin Short is Canadian. more
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Errors in geography: At the end of the movie when they are heading toward Canada the sign says 13 miles. The mountain you see is Mt. Rainier, but you cannot see Mt. Rainier from the Canadian border. more
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Ned Perry: [after putting a teddy bear inside his dress to look like a pregnant woman] This is gonna be one really surprised obstetrician... more
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References The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) more
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Reasonable comedy that becomes too sentimental, 28 November 2001
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Lucas (Nolte) is released from prison and makes his way to a bank to deposit a cheque. Once inside he finds himself drawn into an armed robbery by Perry (Short) who needs money to care for his daughter. Naturally the police doubt that Lucas is an innocent bystander and pursue both men for the crime.

This is a reasonable comedy, and that's about the nicest you can say. It veers from moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity to moments that are overly sentimental and sugary that make you want to cringe. The plot is quite interesting although you know roughly what's going to happen with the mix-matched trio - the instant Short tells Nolte that his daughter hasn't spoken for 2 years you know what's going to regarding that. The detail of the story is less predictable and often brings funny moments but you never for one minute think to yourself "wow - how's this great story going to end?" You never think that this is going to end in a huge shoot out in which everyone dies - you know it's going to be happy.

Nolte is good, playing his tough guy role well and his warming towards the daughter is quite believable. Short is a manic clown and it's a role is good at as he does it so often. Doroff (Meg) is quite good for a child and she is made to look bad by all her scenes being horribly sentimental and sweet or, when she isn't speaking and just stares, she is looks like the children of the corn. Smaller roles held by people like James Earl Jones, Alan Ruck and Bruce McGill are all good, and add interest by seeing well known faces.

Overall the film has some very funny situations but they are vastly outnumbered by scenes of such saccharine that it's far too sickly sweet for it's own good.

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