Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Feb 4, 1994

1h 26m

★ 6.6

He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)

Overview

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Morgan Creek Entertainment

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Trailers

Cast

Ace Ventura

Jim Carrey

Melissa Robinson

Courteney Cox

Lt. Lois Einhorn

Sean Young

Emilio

Tone Loc

Dan Marino

Riddle

Noble Willingham

Roger Podacter

Troy Evans

Woodstock

Raynor Scheine

Ronald Camp

Udo Kier

Vinnie

Frank Adonis

Roc

Tiny Ron

Doctor

David Margulies

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