Movie: Outrageous Fortune

Top 10 Billed Cast

Shelley Long
Shelley Long

Lauren Ames

Bette Midler
Bette Midler

Sandy Brozinsky

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote

Michael Sanders

Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky

Stanislav Korzenowski

John Schuck
John Schuck

Agent Atkins

Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald

Weldon

George Carlin
George Carlin

Frank Madras

Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Cab Driver

Florence Stanley
Florence Stanley

Ticket Agent

Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks

Tobacco Clerk

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  • Overview

    Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

  • Release Date

    1987-01-30

  • Average

    5.968

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    The CIA is trailing them, the KGB is tracking them, the phone company is tracing them, the police are chasing them, the cowboys are herding them, and the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?

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  • Languages:

    English
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