Three Fugitives

Three Fugitives
Three Fugitives
	Promotional film poster
Directed by	Francis Veber
Written by	Francis Veber
Produced by	Lauren Shuler Donner
Starring	Nick Nolte; Martin Short; James Earl Jones; Sarah Doroff;
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Edited by	Bruce Green
Music by
Production; companies	Touchstone Pictures ; Silver Screen Partners IV
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States); Warner Bros. (International)
Release date	January 27, 1989;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$40.6 million

Three Fugitives is a 1989 American buddy crime-comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short, and featuring Sarah Rowland Doroff, James Earl Jones and Alan Ruck in supporting roles. It is a remake of Les Fugitifs, a 1986 French comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard also directed by Veber.

The movie was popular at the box office, grossing more than $40.6 million^[2] against a budget of $15 million,^{[citation needed]} despite receiving a general negative reception from critics.

Plot[]

Lucas has been in prison for armed robbery. On the day he is released, he gets taken hostage by Ned Perry, an incompetent, novice criminal who robs a bank (to get money for treatment for his ill daughter, Meg) at the moment Lucas just happens to be there.

Detective Dugan assumes they must be in it together and sets about tracking them down. Several chases, an accidental shooting, treatment from a senile vet who thinks Lucas is a dog and other capers follow, all the while Lucas trying to ditch his idiotic companion and prove his own innocence.

Whilst avoiding the law, the two form an unlikely partnership to help cure the silent Meg and make good their escape. They rescue Meg from the care home she is in (with Perry nearly ruining the whole affair with his clumsiness) and flee for Canada, pretending to be a married couple with a son.

Perry later enters a Canadian bank to change some currency only to find himself taken hostage by a different bank robber in the same manner he originally kidnapped Lucas. Because of this unexpected development, Lucas does not need to say goodbye to Meg, with whom he has formed a bond.

Cast[]

Nick Nolte as Daniel James Lucas
Martin Short as Ned Perry
James Earl Jones as Inspector Marvin Dugan
Alan Ruck as Inspector Tenner
Sarah Doroff as Megan 'Meg' Perry
Kenneth McMillan as Dr. Horvath
David Arnott as Bank Teller
Lee Garlington as Constable Jane Karie
Bruce McGill as Charlie
Sy Richardson as Tucker
Rocky Giordani as Bowles
Stanley Brock as Release Sergent
Rick Hall as Billy, Dog Handler
Brian Thompson as Second Thug
Jack McGee as Fisherman
Kathy Kinney as Receptionist
Larry Miller as Street Cop
Jeff Perry as Orderly #2
Dinah Lenney as Reporter #1
John Aylward as Second Cop
Tim De Zarn as First Cop
Rhoda Gemignani as Radio Announcer
Charles Noland as Bartender Dave
Albert Henderson as Man In Raincoat
Gary Armagnac as Cop #2
Dean Smith as Barry 'Playboy' Jones
Mike MacDonald as Sergeant Snow
Michael Siegel as Cop #4

Reception[]

The film received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 14% based on 14 reviews as of May 2016.^[3]

References[]

^ "Three Fugitives (1989)". BBFC. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threefugitives.htm
^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_fugitives/

External links[]

[1] "Three Fugitives (1989)". BBFC. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[MoJo-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threefugitives.htm

[3] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_fugitives/

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hide v t Films of Francis Veber
As director	The Toy (1976) Knock on Wood (1981) Les Compères (1983) Les Fugitifs (1986) Three Fugitives (1989) Out on a Limb (1992) Le Jaguar (1996) The Dinner Game (1998) The Closet (2001) Ruby & Quentin (2003) The Valet (2006)
As writer only	Partners (1982) Pure Luck (1991)