| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Ned Beatty |
Bob Sweet
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| Len Birman |
Chief Donaldson
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| Jill Clayburgh |
Hilly Burns
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| Scatman Crothers |
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| Valerie Curtin |
Plain Jane
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| Stefan Gierasch |
Prof. Schreiner & Johnson
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| Clifton James |
Sheriff Oliver Chauncey
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| Richard Kiel |
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| Patrick McGoohan |
Roger Devereau
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| Richard Pryor |
Grover Muldoon
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| Ray Walston |
Mr. Edgar Whiney
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| Gene Wilder |
George Caldwell
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| Fred Willard |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Comedy; Crime; Romance; Thriller |
| Director |
Arthur Hiller |
| Producer |
Thomas Miller |
| Writer |
Colin Higgins |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
1 hr 53 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.6 |
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| Plot |
| Despite the presence of hack director Arthur Hiller, this hybrid comedy-thriller works most of the time as pleasant faux Hitchcock. Gene Wilder is a book editor who is relaxing by taking a cross-country train ride. Then he gets caught up in a murder--and becomes a suspect. It's up to him to prove his own innocence. As noted, the script, by Colin Higgins, owes a big debt to Alfred Hitchcock; but the mystery isn't all that mysterious and the comedy isn't all that hilarious--at least not until Richard Pryor shows up, which is at least halfway through the film. Things definitely pick up from there. Jill Clayburgh, as the love interest, is merely along for the train ride. Wilder and Pryor eventually teamed up for several other films, but they were never as funny together as they are in this one. --Marshall Fine |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543114901 |
| Release Date |
12/14/2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Features Not Specified |
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