Main Cast: Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley, Sam Wanamaker, Scott Wilson
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
This wacky buddy comedy was the fifth in a series of Hollywood remakes of films by French director Francis Veber, none of which were box office successes. Sheila Kelley is Valerie Highsmith, an heiress who, despite her family's wealth, suffers from horribly bad luck. On a vacation to Mexico, she takes a fall, causing amnesia, then is mugged and kidnapped for ransom. When her father (Sam Wanamaker) becomes frustrated with the failed attempts of a detective, Ray Campanella (Danny Glover) to find his daughter, he teams a very reluctant Ray with Eugene Proctor (Martin Short), an accountant whose bumbling bad luck is even worse than Valerie's. The theory is that perhaps two such incredibly unlucky people will act like magnets, with Eugene leading Ray to Valerie's location. Although Ray finds Eugene irritating, the unlikely partners eventually begin making surprising progress in the case, despite Eugene's never-ending screw-ups and pratfalls. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Jorge Russek - Inspector Segura; Harry Shearer - Monosoff; Rodrigo Puebla - Fernando; John H. Brennan - Tyler; Jorge Luke - Pilot; Pedro Altamirano - Prison Guard; Mario Arreola - Concierge; Arminius Arzate - Policeman; Marco Antonio Arzate - Bandaged Indian; Julian Bucio - Policeman; Willebaldo Bucio - Purse Thief; Sergio Calderon - Night Club Bartender; Flavio Castillero - Doorman; Jorge Luis Corzo - Purse Thief; Ruben Cristiany - Hotel Porter; Rodolfo de Alexandra - Indian; Malena Doria - Nun; Lionel Douglass - Man at Airport Restaurant; Josefina Echanove - Nun; Fernando Elizondo - Doorman; Rene Escandon - Hood; Patricia Gage - Secretary; Ignacio Gomez - Policeman; Alfredo "El Turco" Guiterrez - Hood; Deryl Hayes - Airport Employee; Jason Robards, Jr.; Nicholas Jasso - Hood; William MacDonald - Airport Employee; Juan Manuel - Hotel Bar Waiter; Maria Rosa Manzini - Girlfriend at Hotel Bar; Walter Marsh - Airport Security Guard; Sharlene Martin - Nurse; Raul Martinez - Gambling Club Bartender; Gabriella Moreno - Gambler's Girlfriend; Gerardo Moreno - Hood; Jesus Moreno - Hotel Porter; Pepe Olivares - Room Service Waiter; Sammy Ortiz - Gambler; Ana Patricia - Woman at Restaurant; Ariane Pellicer - Girl at Club; Alan C. Peterson - Large Man; Rolando Pimentel - Hotel Porter; Gabriel Pingarron - Prison Guard; Michael Puttonen - Taxi Driver; Magda Rodriguez - Girl's Girlfriend; Carlos Romano - Airport Waiter; Andaluz Russell - Reception Manager; Gonzalo Sanchez - Big Boyfriend; Hector Tavares - Policeman; Alexandra Vicencio - Nurse; Abel Woolrich - Prisoner; Jorge Zepeda - Airport Guard; David Lisle - Highsmith's Employee; Carlos Gonzalez - Bouncer
Credit
Hector Romero, Jr. - Art Director, Grania Preston - Costume Designer, Nadia Tass - Director, Billy Weber - Editor, Danny Elfman - Composer (Music Score), Jonathan Sheffer - Composer (Music Score), Peter W. Wooley - Production Designer, David Parker - Cinematographer, Sean Daniel - Producer, Conrad Hool - Producer, Lance Hool - Producer, Francis Veber - Producer, Joe Dunne - Stunts, Lowell Ganz - Screenwriter, Timothy Harris - Screenwriter, Babaloo Mandel - Screenwriter, Herschel Weingrod - Screenwriter, David Mirkin - Screenwriter
Somewhere on the Mexican Riviera, a beautiful, rich heiress has gone missing. Only one man can find her. Unfortunately, they sent two. One's a detective searching for the missing heiress. The other's an accident waiting to happen. The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has 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.
Availability
This movie has only been released on VHS. Despite interest from fans of the movie, it has yet to be released on DVD or Blu-ray. It is also unavailable from video on demand sources such as Netflix Watch Instantly, iTunes, or Amazon on Demand. Consequently, copies of the movie are difficult to locate and may only be procured through secondary markets (like eBay) in the VHS format.
It is currently available on Hulu.com (only available for USA).
