Set in the 1940s, the story follows a private eye on a case to find a long lost daughter of an oddball client. Two goons are on a mission to stop him.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Caine | ... | Leslie C. Tucker | |
| Natalie Wood | ... | Ellen Prendergast | |
| Kitty Winn | ... | Mianne Prendergast | |
| Michael Constantine | ... | Anglich | |
| Thayer David | ... | Frank Prendergast | |
| Timothy Carey | ... | Sid (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) | |
| Liam Dunn | ... | Billy Pate | |
| Don Calfa | ... | Rosie | |
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Margo Winkler | ... | Woman with luggage |
| Harvey J. Goldenberg | ... | Mailman | |
| Dorothy Adams | ... | Mrs. Prendergast | |
| Buffy Dee | ... | Bazooka Himself | |
| Gary Combs | ... | Torpedo | |
| Robert Ito | ... | Butler | |
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Snag Werris | ... | Comic |
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Set in the 1940s, the story follows a private eye on a case to find a long lost daughter of an oddball client. Two goons are on a mission to stop him.
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1940s | family relationships | one word title | search | private detective |Taglines:
Back in '47, a gun was a roscoe, a private-eye was a Peeper, and murder was okay as long as nobody got hurt. In fact, anything was okay with this Peeper on the case because he wouldn't know who-done-it even if he done it himself.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 December 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fat Chance See more »Filming Locations:
Harold Lloyd's Greenacres Estate - 1740 Green Acres Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Anglich: When you came back, she was gone - and you are holding my shirt. Thank you.
Anglich: Only two years later, they give her away to some stranger.
Leslie C. Tucker: She was adopted you mean?
Anglich: Adopted! The place is a pawn shop. I got a hold of this mug that worked there, charged me 75 dollars - in 1919, that's a million - anyhow, told me she was took by ...
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(uncredited)
Music by Rube Bloom
Played on the piano at the Penguin Lounge
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Don Calfa has said that co-star Timothy Carey got himself fired from the movie, and a double had to be used for certain long shots. See more »Goofs
The road stripes during the car chase are wrong for the period. The road has a double yellow centerline and yellow road reflectors. Yellow centerlines were not adopted in the USA until 1971. The bridge railings are also too modern for the period. See more »Quotes
Anglich: Listen to me, I put my kid in an orphanage 29 years ago. It was a nice place; trees, flowers, other kids to play with. And I had to go away, on business. You get the picture?Anglich: When you came back, she was gone - and you are holding my shirt. Thank you.
Anglich: Only two years later, they give her away to some stranger.
Leslie C. Tucker: She was adopted you mean?
Anglich: Adopted! The place is a pawn shop. I got a hold of this mug that worked there, charged me 75 dollars - in 1919, that's a million - anyhow, told me she was took by ...
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Give Me the Simple Life(uncredited)
Music by Rube Bloom
Played on the piano at the Penguin Lounge
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I like this film. It has a bit of the old 40s, late 30s private eye aspect to it but Michael Caine in his unmistakable London accent puts a new twist on the tale, which includes the very lovely Natalie Wood. the film never clicked and it's now relegated to the back of the pile, no video, no DVD and something that might show up on the late show. But, hey! I liked it and suggest you check it out if it comes across your viewing circumstances.