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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 14%, Metacritic 40/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,003 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
340 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis VeberWriter
- Francis VeberDirector
- David McHughOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nick NolteLucas
- Martin ShortNed Perry
- Sarah Rowland DoroffMeg Perry
- James Earl JonesDugan
- Alan RuckTener
- Kenneth McMillanHorvath
- David ArnottBank Teller
- Bruce McGillCharlie
- Lee GarlingtonWoman Cop
- Sy RichardsonTucker
- Rocky GiordaniBowles
- Rick HallDog Handler
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Themes
daughterpolicechasehostagerelease from prisonfalsely accuseddetectiveremakefugitiveon the runbuddybank robbery