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Outrageous Fortune(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-01-30
60%
114 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
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?
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Silver Screen Partners II
Movie: Outrageous Fortune
Top 10 Billed Cast
Shelley Long
Lauren Ames
Bette Midler
Sandy Brozinsky
Peter Coyote
Michael Sanders
Robert Prosky
Stanislav Korzenowski
John Schuck
Agent Atkins
Anthony Heald
Weldon
George Carlin
Frank Madras
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cab Driver
Florence Stanley
Ticket Agent
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
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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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