Finders Keepers (1984)
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In this slapstick chase-adventure, some unlikely heroes try to outwit each other for possession of a huge stash of cash hidden on the train they are all riding together. The comedy is a little uneven here or at least not to everyone's taste, and the pace is fast-forward frantic. Josef (Ed… More In this slapstick chase-adventure, some unlikely heroes try to outwit each other for possession of a huge stash of cash hidden on the train they are all riding together. The comedy is a little uneven here or at least not to everyone's taste, and the pace is fast-forward frantic. Josef (Ed Lauter) and Georgiana (Pamela Stephenson) manage to break into her father's estate and swipe $5 million in cash from the safe, with plans to spirit the money across country on a train. Meanwhile, Michael (Michael O'Keefe) is a con man being chased by irate women on a roller derby team who have reason to be angry with him. He zips into a second-hand clothing store and dons the disguise of an army uniform, hoping to board a train for New York unnoticed. But when an officer gets suspicious at the station, Michael retorts that he is escorting a nearby coffin -- a coffin that actually contains the stolen $5 mil. The thieves are also nearby, but for reasons of their own, they go along with Michael's charade. Along for the ride are a neurotic woman (Beverly D'Angelo), an eccentric train conductor (David Wayne), a stowaway Vietnam defector, a blond woman of the underworld, a nymphomaniac, and briefly, a crafty con man (Louis Gosset Jr.). From that point onward, episodic vignettes are tossed here and there as the train moves ever closer to New York, and the protagonists try to outmaneuver each other for the money. Viewers may note that along for his fourth cinematic ride is Jim Carrey in a bit part. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Lester
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 18, 1984 Wide
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Cast
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Michael O'Keefe
as Michael Rangeloff
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Beverly D'Angelo
as Standish Logan
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Louis Gossett Jr
as Century
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Ed Lauter
as Josef Sirola
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David Wayne
as Stapleton
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Brian Dennehy
as Mayor Frizzoli
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John Schuck
as Police chief Norris
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Pamela Stephenson
as Georgiana Latimer
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Jim Carrey
as Lane Biddlecoff
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Jack Riley
as Agent Ormond
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Harvey Atkin
as Salesman in Train
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Timothy Blake
as Estelle Norris
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Jayne Eastwood
as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff
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Frances Flanagan
as Nadine Gardner
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Alf Humphreys
as Mulholland
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Paul Jolicoeur
as Deputy Police Chief Dunaway
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Campbell Lane
as Stanton Gilmore
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Blu Mankuma
as Wade Eichorn
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Richard Newman
as Pawnbroker
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Wayne Robson
as Zev Tyndale
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Robert Clothier
as Art Bumbalee
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John Stocker
as UBS Editor
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Margaret Martin
as Flo Huberside