Funny Money

Mar 9, 2006

1h 38m

★ 5.2

Henry Perkins accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's five million dollars inside...

Overview

Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry tells his unsuspecting wife of their new-found fortune, but she doesn't embrace it as well as he does. Soon they're joined by their best friends, a cop on the take, a cop on the hunt, and the dreaded Mr. Big, who has come to claim his money.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

FWE Picture Company

Thinkfactory Media

Tobebo Filmproduktions

Castel Film

Funny Money Trailers

Cast

Henry

Chevy Chase

Carol Perkins

Penelope Ann Miller

Genero

Armand Assante

Vic

Christopher McDonald

Feldman

Robert Loggia

Angel

Guy Torry

Gina

Alex Meneses

Denis Slater

Kevin Sussman

MM. Virginia

Rebecca Wisocky

Stan Martin

Marty Belafsky

Bartender

Marco Assante

Mr. Big

Zoltan Butuc

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