Making Mr. Right
“A man with a good warranty is hard to find.”
When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
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Cast
22 people
John Malkovich
Jeff Peters / Ulysses
Known for
RED
Bird Box
Ann Magnuson
Frankie Stone
Known for
Panic Room
The Man in the High Castle
Glenne Headly
Trish
Known for
The Night Of
Don Jon
Ben Masters
Steve Marcus
Known for
Noble House
Mandingo
Laurie Metcalf
Sandy
Known for
Lady Bird
Toy Story
Polly Bergen
Estelle Stone
Known for
Cape Fear
Cry-Baby
Harsh Nayyar
Dr. Ramdas
Known for
Gandhi
Captain America: Brave New World
Hart Bochner
Don
Known for
Die Hard
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Susan Berman
Ivy Stone
Also in
Smithereens
The Bikini Carwash Company II
Polly Draper
Suzy Duncan
Known for
First Kill
Side Effects
Christian Clemenson
Bruce
Known for
American Crime Story
CSI: Miami
Merwin Goldsmith
Moe Glickstein
Known for
Rounders
Hercules in New York
Susan Seidelman Director · Laurie Frank Writer Floyd Byars Writer
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $9M · United States release April 3, 1987
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,584,970
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
Barry & Enright Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 3, 1987
Theatrical · Source: IMDB
Austria
September 1, 1987 · Theatrical
Germany
September 17, 1987 · Theatrical
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