Movie
The Distinguished Gentleman
Overview
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
Details
- Release date
- 1992-12-04
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Thomas Jefferson Johnson
- Lane Smith as Dick Dodge
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Miss Loretta
- Joe Don Baker as Olaf Andersen
- Victoria Rowell as Celia Kirby
- Grant Shaud as Arthur Reinhardt
- Kevin McCarthy as Terry Corrigan
- Charles S. Dutton as Elijah Hawkins
- Victor Rivers as Armando
- Chi McBride as Homer
- Sonny Jim Gaines as Van Dyke
- Noble Willingham as Zeke Bridges
Crew
- Jonathan Lynn - Director
- Marty Kaplan - Screenplay
- Marty Kaplan - Story
- Jonathan Reynolds - Story
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