Curly Sue

Oct 25, 1991

1h 41m

★ 6.4

A funny story about a family... And the little girl who started it.

Overview

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Family

Romance

Production Companies

Hughes Entertainment

Warner Bros. Pictures

Curly Sue Trailers

Cast

Bill Dancer

Jim Belushi

Curly Sue

Alisan Porter

Grey Ellison

Kelly Lynch

Walker McCormick

John Getz

Tesio

Steve Carell

Bernard Oxbar

Fred Thompson

Secretary

Edie McClurg

Trina

Viveka Davis

Anise Hall

Gail Boggs

Drifter

Ralph Foody

Dr. Maxwell

Burke Byrnes

Mrs. Arnold

Barbara Tarbuck

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