Mr. Wonderful

Oct 15, 1993

1h 38m

★ 5.7

Sometimes love is a stranger. And sometimes it's someone you've known all your life.

Overview

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Night Life

The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Mr. Wonderful Trailers

Cast

Gus

Matt Dillon

Leonora

Annabella Sciorra

Rita

Mary-Louise Parker

Tom

William Hurt

Dominic

Vincent D'Onofrio

Pope

David Barry Gray

Harvey

Dan Hedaya

Dante

Bruce Kirby

Juice

Luis Guzmán

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Loretta

Joanna Merlin

Woman on Train

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