Main Cast: Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Mars, Harry Carey, Jr., L.B. Straten, Kim Myers
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Rob Lowe stars in this screwball comedy as Richard Dice, the college dropout who comes back home to St. Augustine, Florida to get his act together. He is selected for jury duty and falls for the defendant Molly Gilbert (Colleen Camp), a young woman he later recognizes as his grade-school sweetheart. Richard tries to gather the evidence that will lead to her acquittal. He is not alone in his pursuit of an elusive audiotape that recorded the murder for which Molly is on trial. Jessica James plays Richard's mother, who is courted by Freddie Boneflecker (Rick Jason). Johnny Cash sings some tunes co-written with director Peter Bogdanovich. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Marshall Colt - Donald Cleary; Linda MacEwen - Ruth Harrison; Rick Jason - Freddie Boneflecker; Jessica James - Mrs. Evelyn Dice; George Morfogen - Judge Norman Meckel; Tony Longo - Konrat; Howard Hirdler - Harry Crumrine; Antonia Bogdanovich - Reggae Singer; Kathleen Cody - Cable-TV Housewife; Ira Heiden - Andrew Dice; Alan Mandell - Juror #8; Jim McDonald - Sonja's Boyfriend; Tom Nowicki - Court Clerk; Lee Ralls - Mrs. Sobel; Leon Rippy - Prosecutor; Earl Poole Ball - Party Singer-Pianist; Hilroy Distin - Reggae Singer; Phyllis Alexion - Tour Bus Woman; Doreen Chalmers - Mrs. Walker; Tim Y.T. Chin - Ambassador Ting; Cynthia Costas - Sonja; Richard de Spain - Record Store Manager; Kathy "Kat" Estocin - "Fountain of Youth" Tourist; Thomas Fallon - Wall Hanger; Dan Foley - TV Technician; Steve Foley - Taxi Driver; Jay Glick - Mailman; Ernest Goldsmith - Tour Bus Man; F.R. Haire, Jr. - "Fountain of Youth" Tourist; Theresa Hassett - Reporter; Victor Helou - Lamar; Wendy Catherine Hummel - Girl with Dart Rifle; Jason Klassi - Keeler's Workman; Richard Lavery - Reporter; Bobby Mencner - Kid with Helmet; Dominick "Nick" Nicklo - Radio Policeman; Anthony Pellicano - Mr. Norris; Irma Plummer - TV Announcer; Ruth Reddinger - Alternate Juror; David Reeves - Arnie, the Blackmailer; Nell Schaap - Mrs. Kockenbakker; Jim Shipp - Old Guard; Eric Small - Jerome; Laura Sullivan - Defense Counsel; Anna Thea - Ms. Temple; J. Michael Tiedeberg - Kid's Father; C.T. Wakefield - Jury Selection Man; Donald Wassler - Gas Station Attendant; Robert J. Wedyck - Reporter; Steve Zurk - Security Guard
Credit
Harold Thrasher - Art Director, Steve Foley - Associate Producer, Jane Jenkins - Casting, Janet Hirshenson - Casting, George Morfogen - Co-producer, Nancy G. Fox - Costume Designer, Jerry Ziesmer - First Assistant Director, Peter Bogdanovich - Director, Greg Walker - Second Unit Director, Richard Fields - Editor, Ronald Krehel - Editor, William Peiffer - Executive Producer, Phil Marshall - Composer (Music Score), Earl Poole Ball - Songwriter, Tamara Champlin - Songwriter, Hilroy Distin - Songwriter, Ramon Farran - Songwriter, Bruce Gaitsch - Songwriter, Tim Heintz - Songwriter, Tim James - Songwriter, Steve McClintock - Songwriter, Steve Wood - Songwriter, Robert Graves - Songwriter, Cindy Cruz - Makeup, Jane Musky - Production Designer, Dante Spinotti - Cinematographer, Peter Bogdanovich - Producer, Robert Kracik - Set Designer, Art Rochester - Sound/Sound Designer, Bruce Barbour - Stunts, Gene Hartline - Stunts, Jerry Wills - Stunts, Greg Walker - Stunts, Rick Seaman - Stunts, Grady Walker - Stunts, Greg Walker - Stunts Coordinator, Peter Bogdanovich - Screenwriter, Max Dickens - Screenwriter, Ken Finkleman - Screenwriter, M.A. Stewart - Screenwriter
Illegally Yours is a 1988comedy film set in St. Augustine, Florida where a series of comic mishaps involving a blackmailer, a corpse, an incriminating audiotape, an innocent woman who accidentally picks up the tape, and a pair of teenage blackmail victims. Starring Rob Lowe as Richard Dice, the college dropout who come back home to get his act together. The film's theme song was performed by Johnny Cash.
Peter Bogdanovich himself considers this movie one of his worst; at an interview, he stated, "I'm not positive, but it just might be my penance for getting on the bad side of all those studio execs while shooting Mask, three years earlier."
