Opportunity Knocks
“In a world of cons... Eddie's a pro.”
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.
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Cast
45 people
Dana Carvey
Eddie
Known for
Wayne's World
The Secret Life of Pets
Robert Loggia
Milt
Known for
Scarface
Independence Day
Todd Graff
Lou
Known for
The Abyss
Strange Days
Julia Campbell
Annie
Known for
Rose Red
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Milo O'Shea
Max
Known for
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Verdict
James Tolkan
Sal
Known for
Back to the Future Part II
Top Gun
Doris Belack
Mona
Known for
Doug
Tootsie
Sally Gracie
Connie
Known for
The Fugitive Kind
The Rain People
Mike Bacarella
Pinkie
Known for
The Lake House
Stir of Echoes
John M. Watson Sr.
Harold Monroe
Known for
Groundhog Day
Stranger Than Fiction
Beatrice Fredman
Bubbie
Also in
Field of Dreams
Four Friends
Thomas McElroy
Men's Room Attendant
Also in
Just Visiting
Donald Petrie Director · Mitchel Katlin Writer Nat Bernstein Writer
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $13M · United States release March 30, 1990
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$11,359,129
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Imagine Entertainment
Production
Brad Grey Pictures
Production
The Meledandri/Gordon Company
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · March 30, 1990
Digital
United States · March 30, 1990
Theatrical
Sweden
March 30, 1990 · Theatrical
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