A Fine Mess (1986)

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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

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

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
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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):: Jonathan D. Krane, Tony Adams

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children)

Categories:: Comedy

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	Cathryn B.

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Sorry I rented this one.

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	Pamela G.

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We rented this because it was PG. It is an older movie. Within the first 15 minutes we had to shut it off because of very explicit language. Not sure how the rest of it was.