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About
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Theatrical
Feb 3, 1989
Box Office
$11.0M
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 7, 2000
Director
Paul Flaherty
Writers
Peter Wortmann, Robert Conte
Producers
Arnon Milchan, John Candy, George W. Perkins
Music
Michel Colombier
Studio
Frostbacks, TriStar Pictures, NBC Productions, Arnon Milchan Productions
Cast
Full credits →J
John Candy
Harry Crumb
J
Jeffrey Jones
Eliot Draisen
A
Annie Potts
Helen Downing
T
Tim Thomerson
Vince Barnes
B
Barry Corbin
P.J. Downing
S
Shawnee Smith
Nikki Downing
V
Valri Bromfield
Detective Casey
D
Doug Steckler
Dwayne
R
Renée Coleman
Jennifer Downing
W
Wesley Mann
Tim
T
Tamsin Kelsey
Marie
J
Joe Flaherty
Doorman
F
Fiona Roeske
Crumb Receptionist
M
Michèle Goodger
Mrs. MacIntyre
B
Beverley Elliott
Joanne
P
P. Lynn Johnson
Kelly
P
Peter Yunker
Jeffrey Brandt
B
Brenda Crichlow
Suki's Salon Receptionist
G
Garwin Sanford
Dennis Kimball
T
Tony Dakota
Freddy
