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Dunston Checks In(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-01-12
54%
239 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
He's about to turn a Five Star Hotel into a three ring circus.
Overview:
Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!
Languages: Russian, French, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $16,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Joe Wizan/Todd Black
Fox Family Films
Movie: Dunston Checks In
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sam the Orangutan
Dunston
Jason Alexander
Robert Grant
Faye Dunaway
Mrs. Dubrow
Rupert Everett
Lord Rutledge
Graham Sack
Brian Grant
Paul Reubens
Buck LaFarge
Glenn Shadix
Lionel Spalding
Nathan Davis
Victor Dubrow
Jennifer Bassey
Mrs. Dellacroce
Eric Lloyd
Kyle Grant
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Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!
Release Date
1996-01-12
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2.7 startsTagline
He's about to turn a Five Star Hotel into a three ring circus.
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