Pure Luck (1991)
- Starring:
- Martin Short, Danny Glover, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nadia Tass
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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This wacky buddy comedy was the fifth in a series of Hollywood remakes of films by French director Francis Veber, none of which were box office successes. Sheila Kelley is Valerie Highsmith, an heiress who, despite her family's wealth, suffers from horribly bad luck. On a vacation to Mexico, she takes a fall, causing amnesia, then is mugged and kidnapped for ransom. When her father (Sam Wanamaker) becomes frustrated with the failed attempts of a detective, Ray Campanella (Danny Glover) to find his daughter, he teams a very reluctant Ray with Eugene Proctor (Martin Short), an accountant whose bumbling bad luck is even worse than Valerie's. The theory is that perhaps two such incredibly unlucky people will act like magnets, with Eugene leading Ray to Valerie's location. Although Ray finds Eugene irritating, the unlikely partners eventually begin making surprising progress in the case, despite Eugene's never-ending screw-ups and pratfalls. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Martin Short - Eugene Proctor
- Sheila Kelley - Valerie Highsmith
- Scott Wilson - Grimes
- Harry Shearer - Monosoff
- John H. Brennan - Tyler
- Pedro Altamirano - Prison Guard
- Julian Bucio - Policeman
- Jorge Luis Corzo - Purse Thief
- Lionel Douglass - Man at Airport Restaurant
- Juan Manuel - Hotel Bar Waiter
- Nicholas Jasso - Hood
- Deryl Hayes - Airport Employee
- Ignacio Gomez - Policeman
- Rene Escandon - Hood
- Magda Rodriguez - Girl's Girlfriend
- Gabriel Pingarron - Prison Guard
- Alan C. Peterson - Large Man
- Ana Patricia - Woman at Restaurant
- David Lisle - Highsmith's Employee
- Carlos Gonzalez - Bouncer
- Alexandra Vicencio - Nurse
- Gonzalo Sanchez - Big Boyfriend
- Pepe Olivares - Room Service Waiter
- Gerardo Moreno - Hood
- Raul Martinez - Gambling Club Bartender
- Walter Marsh - Airport Security Guard
- Josefina Echanove - Nun
- Ruben Cristiany - Hotel Porter
- Willebaldo Bucio - Purse Thief
- Marco Antonio Arzate - Bandaged Indian
- Danny Glover - Raymond Campanella
- Sam Wanamaker - Mr. Highsmith
- Jorge Russek - Inspector Segura
- Rodrigo Puebla - Fernando
- Jorge Luke - Pilot
- Mario Arreola - Concierge
- Sergio Calderon - Night Club Bartender
- Rodolfo de Alexandra - Indian
- Fernando Elizondo - Doorman
- William MacDonald - Airport Employee
- Jason Robards, Jr.
- Alfredo "El Turco" Guiterrez - Hood
- Patricia Gage - Secretary
- Carlos Romano - Airport Waiter
- Michael Puttonen - Taxi Driver
- Rolando Pimentel - Hotel Porter
- Ariane Pellicer - Girl at Club
- Sammy Ortiz - Gambler
- Jorge Zepeda - Airport Guard
- Abel Woolrich - Prisoner
- Hector Tavares - Policeman
- Andaluz Russell - Reception Manager
- Jesus Moreno - Hotel Porter
- Gabriella Moreno - Gambler's Girlfriend
- Sharlene Martin - Nurse
- Maria Rosa Manzini - Girlfriend at Hotel Bar
- Malena Doria - Nun
- Flavio Castillero - Doorman
- Arminius Arzate - Policeman
- Director(s):
- Nadia Tass
- Writer(s):
- Babaloo Mandel, Herschel Weingrod, Lowell Ganz
- Producer(s):
- Sean Daniel, Conrad Hool, Francis Veber
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Violence, Profanity)
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