Main Cast: Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Marlee Matlin, Eszter Balint, Buck Henry, Andre Gregory
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A magic-obsessed New York waitress (Rosanna Arquette) is persuaded by a colorful group of characters to help her rob the restaurant where she works. Along the way, she falls in love with the eatery's bartender (David Bowie), who just so happens to be looking for someone who will make him a permanent resident of the U.S. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Eloy Casados - Tony Orlando; Michael Bonnabel - Oliver; Maura Tierney - Cecelia; Julian Lennon; Lewis Arquette - Texas Joe; James Avery - Phil; Al Berry - Bread Man; Tamara de Treaux - Camile; Maxine Hicks - Old Woman; Iman - Dali Guest; Brad Jackson - Old Man; Andrea King - Charlotte; Kathy Kinney - Denise; Kristina Loggia - Gayle; Susan Mechsner - Female Ventriloquist; Viveca Lindfors - Miracle; Cherie Franklin - Silent Woman
Credit
Richard Von Ernst - Costume Designer, Richard Shepard - Director, Sonya Polonsky - Editor, Thomas Newman - Composer (Music Score), Marcia Hinds-Johnson - Production Designer, Bo Johnson - Production Designer, Robert Yeoman - Cinematographer, Patricia Foulkrod - Producer, Martin F. Gold - Producer, Arnold H. Orgolini - Producer, Jerie Kelter - Set Designer, Richard Shepard - Screenwriter
Lucy (Arquette) is a frustrated magician, specifically an escape artist, who is obsessed with becoming a modern female version of Harry Houdini. She collects Houdini artifacts and waits for her big break while working as a waitress at a trendy Manhattan restaurant. With British bartender Monte (Bowie), she arranges a heist of the restaurant.
