Curly Sue (1991)
- Starring:
- James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Hughes
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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John Hughes dishes out the sentiment by the ladle-full in Curly Sue. The film stars James Belushi as Bill Dancer, a down-on-his-luck drifter who lives by his wits on the highways and byways of the United States, stealing free meals, slipping into movie theaters, and sleeping in welfare hotels. Bill is also the guardian of cute pint-size moppet Curly Sue (Alisan Porter), a cutey pie cross between Little Orphan Annie and Tatum O'Neal's Addie Loggins character from Paper Moon. Bill and Curly Sue are a perfect con team, and they practice their scams when they need money for food. Pulling a knockdown car-accident scam, Bill makes hard-bitten Chicago lawyer Grey Ellison (Kelly Lynch) think that she slammed into him with her car. She buys dinner for the two mountebanks before being taken away by her snotty boyfriend Walter McCormick (John Getz). But the next morning, Grey actually does hit Bill with her car, and she takes the two back home with her. At first, Grey can't seem to get Curly Sue out of her mind, but then she finds herself falling in love with Bill. They begin to form a perfect family until Walter puts in a call to the Department of Children and Family Services. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast:
- James Belushi - Bill Dancer
- Alisan Porter - Curly Sue
- Fred Dalton Thompson - Bernard Oxbar
- Charles Adams - Prison Guard
- Gail Boggs - Anise Hall
- Lyle Brown - Theater Patron
- Burke Byrnes - Dr. Maxwell
- Carol Chickering - Soprano
- Viveka Davis - Trina
- Alonzo Hall - Cook
- Tammy Karabas-Brody - 3rd Store Clerk
- Joe Liss - Ticket Taker
- Jane Jenkins
- Susan Mayer - Woman with Champagne Glass
- Rocco Pecirno - Father of the Bride
- Ely Pouget - Dinah Tompkins
- Branscombe Richmond - Albert
- Barbara Tarbuck - Mrs. Arnold
- Kelly Lynch - Grey Ellison
- John Getz - Walter McCormick
- Cameron Thor - Maitre d'
- John Ashton - Mr. Arnold (uncredited)
- James W. Bolinski - Pawnbroker
- Nadine Burke - Social Worker
- Steve Carell - Tesio
- Grace Collette - Foster Mother
- Ralph Foody - Drifter
- Patricia Hooker - 4th Store Clerk
- Joel Levin - 2nd Store Clerk
- Janet Hirshenson
- Adele Robbins - DCGS Caseworker
- Edie McClurg - Secretary
- Cedrick Pipes - Cook
- Luke Reichle - 1st Store Clerk
- Terrie Snell - Maggie
- Director(s):
- John Hughes
- Writer(s):
- John Hughes
- Producer(s):
- John Hughes
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Profanity, Adult Situations)
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