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Pure Luck

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1991 film by Nadia Tass

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5.6

The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.

Released: 1991-08-0996 minDir: Nadia TassComedy, DramaBudget: $17.0MBox office: $24.9M

Cast

  • Martin Short as Eugene Proctor
  • Danny Glover as Raymond Campanella
  • Harry Shearer as Julius Monosoff
  • Sheila Kelley as Valerie Highsmith
  • Sam Wanamaker as Highsmith
  • Scott Wilson as Frank Grimes

Themes

  • woman director

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Ratings

IMDb

5.8/10

8,223 votes

Year
1991
Runtime
96 min
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Based on
La Chèvre
Director
Nadia Tass
Screenwriter
Francis Veber
Producer
Sean Daniel
Cinematographer
David Parker
Narrative location
Mexico
Duration
92
FilmAffinity ID
617573
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1991-01-01
film editor
Billy Weber
title
Pure Luck
distributed by
Universal Pictures
review score
15%
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