Missing Pieces (1992 film)
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Missing Pieces | |
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Directed by | Leonard B. Stern |
Written by | Leonard B. Stern |
Produced by | Bill Carraro Aaron Russo |
Starring | Eric Idle Robert Wuhl Lauren Hutton Janice Lynde James Hong |
Cinematography | Peter Stein |
Edited by | Evan A. Lottman |
Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
Distributed by | The Rank Organisation Orion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Missing Pieces is a 1992 comedy film directed and written by Leonard Stern. Eric Idle plays a former greeting-card writer whose possible inheritance causes him great distress.
Plot[]
Eric Idle and Robert Wuhl star as a mismatched couple, Wendel and Lou in this mystery-comedy caper. Characters include a one-handed kingpin,a lawyer who suffers from dwarfism, and twin brothers, one a crazed photographer and the other a mild-mannered antique dealer. One of Wendel's many former foster parents, Mr Hu, dies, and his lawyer (the dwarf) gives Wendel his inheritance. A riddle. Wendel and Lou (his cello-playing best friend) soon realise the riddle isn't Hu's heirloom, just the key to finding Wendel's inheritance. But they are pursued by several unfavourable characters, almost all of whom want them dead. The end.
Cast[]
- Eric Idle - Wendel
- Robert Wuhl - Lou Wimpole
- Lauren Hutton - Jennifer
- Bob Gunton - Mr. Gabor
- Richard Belzer - Baldesari
- Bernie Kopell - Dr. Gutman
- Kim Lankford - Sally
- Donald Gibb - Hurrudnik
- Leslie Jordan - Krause
- Louis Zorich - Ochenko
- Don Hewitt - Scarface
- John de Lancie - Paul / Walter Thackary
- James Hong - Chang
- Janice Lynde - Marion
- Mary Fogarty - Mrs. Callahan (as Mary Fogerty)
Reception[]
The film opened in theatres on 17 July 1992, and was available on DVD from 20 August 1996. Also on HBO Video.
External links[]
- 1992 films
- English-language films
- 1990s comedy mystery films
- American films
- American comedy mystery films
- 1990s English-language films
- Films scored by Marvin Hamlisch
- Universal Pictures films
- 1992 comedy films
- 1990s comedy film stubs