Comedy starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. A bookie is shot and fatally wounded by a mysterious woman while visiting the news-stand of deaf former actor Dave Lyons and his blind assistant Wally. Before dying, the bookie secretes what appears to be a rare coin in the stand's cash box. Dave and Wally are subsequently arrested for murder and embark on a chaotic quest to prove their innocence.
This dreadful comedy stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in their third movie together, and it manages to waste both men's ability and bore and deeply offend most viewers at the same time. Quite a feat. Their characters are deaf and blind respectively, and the movie hinges on a series of appalling jokes and unoriginal situations, wrapped around a makeshift murder plot. As well as being an original comic talent, Richard Pryor has also had the dubious distinction of appearing in a plethora of truly execrable movies, and this is certainly one of them.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Dave Lyons | Gene Wilder |
| Wally Karew | Richard Pryor |
| Eve | Joan Severance |
| Kirgo | Kevin Spacey |
| Captain Braddock | Alan North |
| Sutherland | Anthony Zerbe |
| Gatlin | Louis Giambalvo |
| Adele | Kirsten Childs |
| Tourist | Hardy Rawls |
| Policewoman / Marilyn | Audrie Neenan |
| Mitzie | Lauren Tom |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Arthur Hiller |
