- Film Review
- Reviewed By Peter Freedman
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3 out of 5
French director Francis Veber made his Hollywood debut with this enjoyable remake of his own 1986 odd-couple farce, Les Fugitifs. Nick Nolte and Martin Short were not destined to become one of the great comic double acts, but Nolte does well enough as the armed robber out on parole and Short gets plenty of slapstick laughs as the incompetent bank robber who drags the unwilling Nolte into his bungled caper. The action gets off to a good start, and, despite sentimental moments, keeps up a fair pace, with a healthy ration of amusements en route.
Plot Summary
Crime comedy starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short. Bungling bank robber Ned Perry takes ex-con Daniel Lucas hostage when the hold-up he is staging to support his autistic daughter goes badly wrong. When the police assume that Lucas was an accomplice in the crime, he is forced to go on the run with Perry.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Daniel Lucas
- Nick Nolte
- Ned Perry
- Martin Short
- Meg Perry
- Sarah Rowland Doroff
- Detective Dugan
- James Earl Jones
- Tener
- Alan Ruck
- Horvath
- Kenneth McMillan
- Bank teller
- David Arnott
- Charlie
- Bruce McGill
- Woman cop
- Lee Garlington
- Tucker
- Sy Richardson
Crew
- Director
- Francis Veber
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