Movie
Career Opportunities
Overview
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-03-29
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hughes Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Frank Whaley as Jim Dodge
- Jennifer Connelly as Josie McClellan
- Dermot Mulroney as Nestor Pyle
- Kieran Mulroney as Gil Kinney
- John M. Jackson as Bud Dodge
- Jenny O'Hara as Dotty Dodge
- Noble Willingham as Roger Roy McClellan
- Nada Despotovich as Penny Dodge
- Reid Binion as Cal Dodge
- Barry Corbin as Officer Don
- Denise Galik as Lorraine
- Wilbur Fitzgerald as Bob Bosenbeck
Crew
- Bryan Gordon - Director
- John Hughes - Writer
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