Three Fugitives

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots. Three Fugitives. Jean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. The woman, whose troubled son has left a home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Everything goes comically wrong. 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. Several chases, an accidental shooting, treatment from a crazy 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. Too different men.

A daughter of a millionaire, distinguish by incredible bad luck, goes missing. Directed by Francis Veber. An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons. On the day he is released, he gets taken hostage by Ned Perry (Short), an incompetent, novice criminal who robs the bank (to get money for treatment for his ill daughter, Meg) at the moment Lucas just happens to be there. A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk. Matthew Broderick goes Out on a Limb in this surprising adventure about a financial whiz who takes a wild detour to come to the aid of his kid sister in the small logging town of Buzzsaw. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround.

This is a light 80's style comedy with heavy doses of schmaltz. They rescue Meg from the care home she's in (with Perry nearly ruining the whole affair with his clumsiness) and flee for Canada, pretending to be a married couple with a son. An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops. He's ashamed to admit he just lost his job, and she's afraid he'll run away if he finds out that she has a kid.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Three Fugitives (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An aspiring actor has his life turned upside down when his ex-wife dumps off their bossy, wild daughter into his custody. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. The plot revolves around Lucas (Nick Nolte) who's been released from jail after 5 years for armed bank robbery. We've seen it many times before, Perry is completely inept, knowing only that he has to care for his daughter, Lucas is the tough ex-con with the heart of gold, oh you can almost picture the buddy-buddy hilarity to come.Looking for some great streaming picks? Because of this unexpected development, Lucas does not need to say goodbye to Meg, with whom he has formed a bond. It is a remake of Les Fugitifs, a 1986 French comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard also directed by Veber. A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool. Small lies lead to bigger ones and the night gets crazy very soon. The idea how to find her is either insane or brilliant - to send after her an equally unlucky person. Francis Veber's Three Fugitives comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Detective Dugan assumes they must be in it together and sets about tracking them down. 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. Use the HTML below. We watched it with our teens when the movie first came out, and again last weekend with our grandsons who are now in their teens. Was this review helpful to you? Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives. We can't get enough of these LGBTQ+ powerhouse pairs.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?