You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley.
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
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Character
Comic, classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
42 profiled raters. Loved most by The Ironists; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonRoy Munson
- Randy QuaidIshmael Boorg
- Vanessa AngelClaudia
- Bill MurrayErnie McCracken
- Chris ElliottThe Gambler
- William JordanMr. Boorg
- Nancy Frey-JareckiSarah Boorg
- Richard TysonOwner Of Stiffy's
- Lin ShayeLandlady
- Zen GesnerThomas
Crew
- Bobby FarrellyDirector
- Peter FarrellyDirector
- Mort NathanWriter
- Barry FanaroWriter
- Mark IrwinDirector of Photography
- Freedy JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher GreenburyEditor
- Brad KrevoyProducer
- Steven StablerProducer
- Bradley ThomasProducer
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