Big Business

Jun 10, 1988

1h 37m

★ 6.3

Mixed up at birth, two sets of twins finally meet their match.

Overview

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

Silver Screen Partners III

Big Business Trailers

Cast

Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton

Bette Midler

Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

Lily Tomlin

Roone Dimmick

Fred Ward

Graham Sherbourne

Edward Herrmann

Fabio Alberici

Michele Placido

Chuck

Daniel Gerroll

Michael

Barry Primus

Dr. Jay Marshall

Michael Gross

Binky Shelton

Deborah Rush

Hunt Shelton

Nicolas Coster

Iona Ratliff

Patricia Gaul

Garth Ratliff

J.C. Quinn

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