Pure Luck (1991)
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58% of users liked it
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG, 1 hr. 36 min.
- Directed By
- David Parker, Joe Dunne
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- On DVD
- Feb 13, 1992
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Martin Shortas Eugene Proctor -
Danny Gloveras Raymond Campanella -
Sheila Kelleyas Valerie Highsmith
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Sam Wanamakeras Mr. Highsmith -
Scott Wilsonas Grimes -
Harry Sheareras Monosoff
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