A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
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- 1 win
Jim Belushi
- Bill Dancer
- (as James Belushi)
Fred Thompson
- Bernard Oxbar
- (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
Steve Carell
- Tesio
- (as Steven Carell)
Lyle Browne
- Theater Patron
- (as Lyle Brown)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSteve Carell and Adele Robbins' film debut.
- GoofsIt is revealed that Susan can't read, yet when she and Bill take Grey out to eat they check a banquet listing directory and it is Susan's finger that scans the listed parties and chooses the one they attend. This seems to indicate that she can read.
- Quotes
Curly Sue: And if she doesn't come out - We freeze our nuts off.
Bill Dancer: You don't have any nuts to freeze off, honey.
- Alternate versionsOn the digital platforms, the opening and closing Warner Bros. Pictures logos were both plastered with the 2003 variants.
- SoundtracksYou'll Never Know
Written by Steve Dorff and John Bettis
Produced by Steve Dorff
Performed by Ringo Starr
Courtesy of Private Music
Featured review
Works as a guilty pleasure
I remember having a pretty low regard for a venture like this when it was first released. James "Not Jim" Belushi, a hammy kid actress, and a cheesy title in a John Hughes formula. You couldn't have paid me to see it 15 years ago. But, I got caught up watching it while wasting away a Sunday afternoon, and it hits me on a couple of levels. The fairy tale (part Pretty Woman, part reverse Pretty Woman), the very vulnerable, Elizabeth_Perkins_in_Miracle_On_42nd_Street -like performance by Kelly Lynch, the escapism. Over all, it gently pulls some very nice strings. It's pretty hard not to fall into the story, develop a crush on Kelly Lynch, identify with James Belushi, dislike the stiff bad guy boyfriend, and laugh at the Curley Sue lines. Has all the ups and downs, with a happy ending, and the kind of message you want to hear. Go ahead, waste your time on this movie, it's worth it.
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,691,313
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,974,958
- Oct 27, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $33,691,313
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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