Outrageous Fortune
“The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?”
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
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Cast
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Shelley Long
Lauren Ames
Known for
Cheers
The Money Pit
Bette Midler
Sandy Brozinsky
Known for
Hocus Pocus 2
The Stepford Wives
Peter Coyote
Michael Sanders
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A Walk to Remember
Robert Prosky
Stanislav Korzenowski
Known for
Mrs. Doubtfire
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
John Schuck
Agent Atkins
Known for
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Anthony Heald
Weldon
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
8MM
George Carlin
Frank Madras
Known for
Cars
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cab Driver
Known for
Roots
Brewster's Millions
Florence Stanley
Ticket Agent
Known for
Dinosaurs
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Jerry Zaks
Tobacco Clerk
Also in
The Edge of Night
Crimes and Misdemeanors
John DiSanti
Police Lieutenant
Known for
*batteries not included
Eyes of a Stranger
Diana Bellamy
Madam
Known for
Critters 3
Diabolique
Arthur Hiller Director · Leslie Dixon Writer Alan Silvestri Composer
Worldwide gross $53M · Budget $25M · United States release January 30, 1987
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$52,864,741
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Interscope Communications
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
Silver Screen Partners II
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · January 30, 1987
Theatrical
United States · January 30, 1987
Theatrical
Netherlands
July 30, 1987 · Theatrical
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