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Pure Luck(1991)
Status: Released
Date: 1991-08-09
55%
139 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Somewhere on the Mexican Riviera, a beautiful, rich heiress has gone missing. Only one man can find her. Unfortunately, they sent two.
Overview:
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $17,010,000.00
Revenue: $24,941,969.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Sean Daniel Company
Silver Lion Films
Movie: Pure Luck
Top 10 Billed Cast
Martin Short
Eugene Proctor
Danny Glover
Raymond Campanella
Harry Shearer
Monosoff
Sheila Kelley
Valerie Highsmith
Sam Wanamaker
Highsmith
Scott Wilson
Frank Grimes
Sharlene Martin
Nurse
Jorge Russek
Inspector Segura
Jorge Luke
Pilot
Ariane Pellicer
Girl at Club
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Pure Luck 1991 Trailer | Martin Short | Danny Glover - Trailer
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