Big Trouble (1985)
- Starring:
- Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Cassavetes
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy
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It took nearly two years after its completion for Big Trouble to reach the big screen. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are respectively cast as a shady wheeler-dealer and an uptight family man. Strapped for the cash necessary to send his son to Yale, Arkin reluctantly enters into a murder scheme with Beverly D'Angelo. She is married to Falk, who, though he hasn't got long to live due to a heart ailment, may very well spend every penny D'Angelo has before he expires. Arkin is persuaded to kill Falk before this happens, then split the money with D'Angelo. To Arkin's amazement he finds himself the victim of a carefully prepared confidence scam engineered by Falk and D'Angelo. Now that he has a hold over Arkin, Falk gets the poor fellow mixed up in yet another "perfect crime". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast:
- Peter Falk - Steve Rickey
- Beverly D'Angelo - Blanche Rickey
- Paul Dooley - Noozel
- Valerie Curtin - Arlene Hoffman
- Steve Alterman - Peter Hoffman
- Paul La Greca - Joshua Hoffman
- Karl Lukas - Police Captain
- Warren Munson - Jack
- Steve Lambert - Terrorist
- Barbara Tarbuck - Helen
- Dennis Phun - Chinese Laborer
- Irene Olga Lopez - Lopez' Receptionist
- Jeffrey Howard - 2nd Executive
- Luis Contreras - Terrorist
- Herb Armstrong - Night Security Guard
- Melvin Jones - Terrorist
- Lenny Geer - Whitlow Keppler
- Daphne Eckler - Receptionist
- Carol Reinhard - Winslow's Secretary
- Richard Walter - Hot Dog Eater
- Walter Soo Hoo - Chinese Laborer
- Alan Arkin - Leonard Hoffman
- Charles Durning - O'Mara
- Robert Stack - Winslow
- Richard Libertini - Dr. Lopez
- Jerry Pavlon - Michael Hoffman
- John Finnegan - Detective Murphy
- Gloria E. Gifford - Wanda
- Howard Clapp - 1st Exceutive
- Theodore Wilson - Porter
- Jaime Sanchez - Chief Terrorist
- Joseph Medalis - Salesman
- Gaetano Lisi - Gaetano Lopez
- Edith Fields - Doris
- Maryedith Burrell - Gail
- Domingo Ambriz - Terrorist
- Chester Grimes - Flavio Lopez
- Conroy Gedeon - Reporter
- Al Leong - Chinese Laborer
- Rosemarie Stack - Mrs. Winslow
- Al White - Mr. Williams
- Leland Sun - Chinese Laborer
- Director(s):
- John Cassavetes
- Writer(s):
- Andrew Bergman
- Producer(s):
- Michael Lobell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Humor, Questionable for Children, Mild Violence, Adult Language, Profanity, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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