Pure Luck (1991)

The daughter of a wealthy bussinessman has dissapeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psycologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, ... See full summary »

Director:

Nadia Tass

Writers:

Francis Veber (film La Chevre), Herschel Weingrod (screenplay),

Stars:

Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Short	...	Eugene Proctor
Danny Glover	...	Raymond Campanella
Sheila Kelley	...	Valerie Highsmith
Sam Wanamaker	...	Highsmith
Scott Wilson	...	Frank Grimes
Harry Shearer	...	Monosoff
Jorge Russek	...	Inspector Segura
Rodrigo Puebla	...	Fernando
John H. Brennan	...	Tyler
Jorge Luke	...	Pilot
Abel Woolrich	...	Prisoner
Patricia Gage	...	Secretary
Ariane Pellicer	...	Girl at Club
Alexandra Vicencio	...	Nurse
Sharlene Martin	...	Nurse

Storyline

The daughter of a wealthy bussinessman has dissapeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psycologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl...

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Plot Keywords:

luck | mexico | unlucky | clumsy | remake of french film | 

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Taglines:

One's a detective searching for a missing heiress. The other's an accident waiting to happen.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 August 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Danger public

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$17,010,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$22,641,969 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sean Daniel Company, Silver Lion Films, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The newspaper that Raymond was reading at the beginning of the movie reads "Colonist Observer - The voice of Connecticut since 1791." Assuming this means that they are in Connecticut.

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Goofs

Eugene's eggs change from cut up to just cooked and back to cut up during his breakfast conversation with Raymond.

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Quotes

Eugene Proctor: Fish what I wanted

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Connections

Featured in Francis Veber artisan du rire: La mécanique dure rire (2002)

User Reviews

It can cheer up your day

Is a great funny film that can cheer up any day of your life and keep you thinking on some of the scenes after it's been finished.

The combination between Danny Glover and Martin Short even when is a bit strange it really works out in a funny way and how the story been such a simple plot can take you from the desert to end up in the waterfalls in the beautiful Mexico.

There is a certain American humor that i can enjoy a lot, this film belongs to that type, because even when is about bad luck and how funny that could be, is never over the top and you are just waiting what would be the next thing to happen.

I didn't stop laughing.