Opportunity Knocks

Mar 30, 1990

1h 43m

★ 5.7

In a world of cons... Eddie's a pro.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Imagine Entertainment

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Eddie

Dana Carvey

Sal

James Tolkan

Milt

Robert Loggia

Lou

Todd Graff

Annie

Julia Campbell

Max

Milo O’Shea

Mona

Doris Belack

Connie

Sally Gracie

Pinkie

Mike Bacarella

Harold Monroe

John M. Watson Sr.

Bubbie

Beatrice Fredman

Men's Room Attendant

Thomas McElroy

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