Opportunity Knocks (1990)
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13% of critics liked it
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45% of users liked it
(3,915 ratings)
Saturday Night Live star Dana Carvey had his first leading role on the big screen in this comedy. Eddie (Carvey) and Lou (Todd Graff) are a pair of small-time con artists deep in debt to Pinkie (Mike Bacarella), a loan shark. During a lean period, Eddie and Lou resort to breaking and entering to… More Saturday Night Live star Dana Carvey had his first leading role on the big screen in this comedy. Eddie (Carvey) and Lou (Todd Graff) are a pair of small-time con artists deep in debt to Pinkie (Mike Bacarella), a loan shark. During a lean period, Eddie and Lou resort to breaking and entering to make some money, but as they're clearing out a house, they overhear the answering machine announce that the owner is away on business for a few weeks -- and the housesitter won't be able to stop by. Eddie and Lou settle in and enjoy their good fortune, which just gets better when Milt (Robert Loggia) pays a visit. Milt assumes that Eddie is the housesitter, who is a close friend of his son. Eddie is soon introduced to Milt's beautiful daughter, Annie (Julia Campbell), and Milt decides that Eddie is executive material at his successful manufacturing firm. Soon Eddie starts to wonder if he should go on lying to the people he's come to like -- and there's the little matter of the 60,000 dollars that Eddie and Lou swiped from Pinkie's car. Opportunity Knocks also features Milo O'Shea and James Tolkan. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Donald Petrie
- Written By
- Michel Katlin, Nat Bernstein
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1990 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 3, 2003
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Ai-yai-yai! Carvey's a really blank lead -- the brief Bush impersonation is all that's funny.
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Cast
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Dana Carvey
as Eddie Farrell
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Robert Loggia
as Milt Malkin
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Todd Graff
as Lou Pasquino
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Julia Campbell
as Annie Malkin
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Milo O'Shea
as Max
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James Tolkan
as Sal Nichols
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Doris Belack
as Mona
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Sally Gracie
as Connie
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Mike Bacarella
as Pinkie
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John M. Watson Sr.
as Harold Monroe
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Beatrice Fredman
as Bubbie
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Thomas McElroy
as Men's Room Attendant
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Jack McLaughlin-Gray
as Wine Steward
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Gene Honda
as Japanese Businessman
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Del Close
as Williamson
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Michael Oppenheimer
as Chase
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Paul Greatbatch
as Driver
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Sarajane Avidon
as Commissioner's Secretary
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Mindy Suzanne Bell
as Executive
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Richard Steven Mann
as Executive
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Michelle Johnston
as Club Singer
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Bill Bradshaw
as David
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Don Cagen
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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Rebecca Cagen
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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John Cothran Jr.
as Building Commissioner
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Paul Dallas
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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Tal Galomb
as Bar Mitzvah Boy
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Randy Harrah
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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James Hassett
as Vendor
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Peter Hennes
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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Mark D. Hutter
as Stan
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Lorna Raver Johnson
as Eddie's Secretary
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Joshua Livingstone
as Nathan
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Kent Logsdon
as Sales Associate
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Ron Max
as Sal's Associate
- Pennington McGee
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Jed Mills
as Club MC
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Michelle Quigley
as Woman at Accident
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Judith Scott
as Milt's Secretary
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Jill Shellabarger
as Ginger
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Adam Jason Weiss
as Myron
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Steven Zoloto
as Bar Mitzvah Band
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Mark Ross
as Jonathan
