Three Fugitives (1989)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Francis Veber

Writer (WGA):

Francis Veber (written by)

Release Date:

27 January 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

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".

Plot:

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery...

Plot Keywords:

Daughter | Detective | Bank Robbery | Fugitive | Mute

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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

Runtime:

96 min | Spain:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | UK:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Eatonville, Washington, USA

Company:

Silver Screen Partners IV

Trivia:

The announcer of the baseball game heard on the radio is the late Art Popham, a local who announced Tacoma Tigers games for many years but at the release time of the movie had retired from sports casting to write for the Tacoma News Tribune as a business columnist and to be with his family.

Goofs:

Continuity: Meg's hand on Lucas's shoulder changes when he is telling her goodbye near the end of the movie.

Quotes:

Ned Perry: [after putting a teddy bear inside his dress to look like a pregnant woman] This is gonna be one really surprised obstetrician...

Movie Connections:

References The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

Soundtrack:

LIVING IN THE CITY

Starts out hilarious, then goes downhill, then gets funny again

I saw this movie a while back, and it wasnt the best I ever saw, but it was descent. Martin Short was hilarious, especially when he had to dress up as a pregnant woman, and his slapstick comedy during the stick up. The only thing that gets in the way is that little girl, who made it more of a drama than a comedy. Anyway the cast is great, James Earl Jones, Alan Ruck, Kenneth MacMillan(Cat's Eye, Armed and Dangerous), Bruce McGill(Animal House, My Cousis Vinny), and watch out for Larry Miller(Pretty Woman, Nutty Professer) in a tiny role as a police officer. All in all it's a pretty good, but eneven film. 6 out 10