The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,048 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
369 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert ConteScreenplay
- Paul FlahertyDirector
- Peter WortmannScreenplay
- Michel ColombierOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John CandyHarry Crumb
- Jeffrey JonesEliot Draisen
- Annie PottsHelen Downing
- Tim ThomersonVince Barnes
- Barry CorbinP.J. Downing
- Shawnee SmithNikki Downing
- Valri BromfieldDetective Casey
- Doug StecklerDwayne
- Renée ColemanJennifer Downing
- Wesley MannTim
- Tamsin KelseyMarie
- Joe FlahertyDoorman
