Weekend at Bernie's

Jul 5, 1989

1h 37m

★ 6.4

Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!

Overview

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Gladden Entertainment

20th Century Fox

Weekend at Bernie's Trailers

Cast

Larry Wilson

Andrew McCarthy

Richard Parker

Jonathan Silverman

Gwen Saunders

Catherine Mary Stewart

Bernie Lomax

Terry Kiser

Paulie, Vito's Hit Man

Don Calfa

Tina, Vito's Girl

Catherine Parks

Tawny

Eloise DeJoria

Marty

Gregory Salata

Vito

Louis Giambalvo

Jack Parker

Ted Kotcheff

Secretary

Margaret Hall

Mugger

Timothy Perez

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