A Fine Mess (1986)
- Starring:
- Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, (more)
- Director(s):
- Blake Edwards
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of A Fine Mess
Blake Edwards comes a cropper in this lunk-headed slapstick homage to Laurel and Hardy, Mack Sennett, and Jerry Lewis. Ted Danson and Howie Mandell play Spence Holden and Dennis Powell, a couple of idiots who find themselves involved with a pack of gangsters. Spence is a two-bit actor who is at a racetrack location with his pal Dennis, when he overhears two small-time thugs, Wayne "Turnip" Parragella (Richard Mulligan) and Maurice "Binky" Drundza (Stuart Margolin), talk about doping a horse set to run a race. It turns out that Turnip and Binky are under orders to carry out the dastardly scheme by their underworld boss Tony Pazzo (Paul Sorvino). When Spence and Dennis are found out, they find themselves pursued all over the Los Angeles area by an angry Tony Pazzo mob in an ever-escalating series of races and chases, crashes and smashes, and shouting and screaming. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Complete Cast of A Fine Mess
- Ted Danson - Spence Holden
- Richard Mulligan - Wayne Turnip Farragalla
- Maria Conchita Alonso - Claudia Pazzo
- Paul Sorvino - Tony Pazzo
- Castulo Guerra - Italian Director
- Jack O'Leary - Piano Mover
- Keye Luke - Ishimine
- Sharan Lea - Young Girl
- Sharon Hughes - Tina
- Arthur Hill
- John Davey - Detective Horn
- Shep Tanney - Dr. Henry Garfurg
- Jim Byers - Track Announcer
- Elaine Wilkes - Carhop
- Emma Walton - Extra
- John Short - Assistant Director
- Rick Overton - Companion
- Dennis Franz - Phil
- Walter Charles - Auctioneer
- James Cromwell - Detective Blist
- Howie Mandel - Dennis Powell
- Stuart Margolin - Maurice "Binky" Dzundza
- Jennifer Edwards - Ellen Frankenthaler
- Brooke Alderson - Aileen
- Ed Herlihy - TV Reporter
- Tawny Moyer - Leading Lady
- Carrie Leigh - Extra
- Jeffrey Lampert - Car Salesman
- Robert Hoy - Detective Levine
- Jimmy Lewis - Detective Albert
- Garth Wilton - Houseman
- Doug Cox - Piano Mover
- Theodore Wilson - Covington
- Valerie Wildman - Anchorwoman
- Larry Storch - Leopold Klop
- Vic Polizos - Detective Hunker
- Darryl Henriques - Landlord
- Sharon Barr - Director's Wife
- Frederick Coffin - Traffic Cop
- Rick Ducommun - Wardell
- Director(s):
- Blake Edwards
- Writer(s):
- Blake Edwards, Norman Steinberg
- Producer(s):
- Tony Adams, Jonathan D. Krane
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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