Movie
Who's Harry Crumb?
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-02-03
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Frostbacks, TriStar Pictures, NBC Productions, Arnon Milchan Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Candy as Harry Crumb
- Jeffrey Jones as Eliot Draisen
- Annie Potts as Helen Downing
- Tim Thomerson as Vince Barnes
- Barry Corbin as P.J. Downing
- Shawnee Smith as Nikki Downing
- Valri Bromfield as Detective Casey
- Doug Steckler as Dwayne
- Renée Coleman as Jennifer Downing
- Wesley Mann as Tim
- Tamsin Kelsey as Marie
- Joe Flaherty as Doorman
Crew
- Paul Flaherty - Director
- Peter Wortmann - Screenplay
- Robert Conte - Screenplay
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