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Big Trouble (1985)

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Release Date: May 30, 1986 Wide

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It took nearly two years after its completion for Big Trouble to reach the big screen. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are respectively cast as a shady wheeler-dealer and an uptight family man. Strapped for the cash necessary to send his son to Yale, Arkin reluctantly enters into a murder scheme with Beverly D'Angelo. She is married to Falk, who, though he hasn't got long to live due to a heart ailment, may very well spend every penny D'Angelo has before he expires. Arkin is persuaded to kill Falk

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Comedy

Directed By: John Cassavetes

Written By: Andrew Bergman

In Theaters: May 30, 1986 Wide

On DVD: Jul 22, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Peter Falk
Steve Rickey
Alan Arkin
Leonard Hoffman
Beverly D'Angelo
Blanche Rickey
Charles Durning
O'Mara
Paul Dooley
Noozel
Robert Stack
Winslow
Valerie Curtin
Arlene Hoffman
Richard Libertini
Dr. Lopez
Steve Alterman
Peter Hoffman
Jerry Pavlon
Michael Hoffman
Paul La Greca
Joshua Hoffman
John Finnegan
Detective Murphy
Karl Lukas
Police Captain
Gloria E. Gifford
Wanda
Domingo Ambriz
Terrorist
Herb Armstrong
Night Security Guard
Maryedith Burrell
Gail
Luis Contreras
Terrorist
Edith Fields
Doris
Jeffrey Howard
2nd Executive
Al Leong
Chinese Laborer
Gaetano Lisi
Gaetano Lopez
Irene Olga Lopez
Lopez' Receptionist
Joseph Medalis
Salesman
Dennis Phun
Chinese Laborer
Jaime S�nchez
Chief Terrorist
Barbara Tarbuck
Helen
Theodore Wilson
Porter
Steve Lambert
Terrorist
Howard Clapp
1st Exceutive
Daphne Eckler
Receptionist
Conroy Gedeon
Reporter
Lenny Geer
Whitlow Keppler
Chester Grimes
Flavio Lopez
Melvin Jones
Terrorist
Warren Munson
Jack
Carol Reinhard
Winslow's Secretary
Rosemarie Stack
Mrs. Winslow
Richard Walter
Hot Dog Eater
Al White
Mr. Williams
Walter Soo Hoo
Chinese Laborer
Leland Sun
Chinese Laborer

Critic Reviews for Big Trouble

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Cassavetes here applies his remarkable talent for social observation in a light-comedy context and creates one of the strangest, and in many ways most frustrating, screen comedies in recent years.

August 30, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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It's distressing that his last film, Big Trouble, appears to capitulate to just that sort of formula.

August 30, 2006 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Chris Robe

PopMatters

Sprawling comedy has a few laughs in it -- and the specter of recent events hanging over it.

November 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Netflix

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James Rocchi

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Sporadic bits of humor can?t quite sustain the momentum of the film. It?s not awful, but it doesn?t stand out in any way. The cast is good but they lack enthusiasm. Bland, not funny enough.

November 7, 2009

James Higgins

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