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Taking Care of Business (1990)

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Movie Info

James Belushi and Charles Grodin team up for this variation on the Prince and the Pauper. Belushi plays Jimmy Dworski, a convicted car thief, serving time in a minimum security prison. But when Jimmy wins a pair of tickets to the World Series from a radio call-in show, he can't resist walking out of jail, particularly when the warden won't even let the inmates watch the series on television. Grodin plays rich workaholic Spencer Barnes, who, when his wife walks out on him right before a

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Arthur Hiller

In Theaters: Aug 17, 1990 Wide

On DVD: Apr 2, 2002

Cast

James Belushi
Jimmy Dworski
Charles Grodin
Spencer Barnes
Anne De Salvo
Debbie
Loryn Locklin
Jewel
Stephen Elliott
Walter Bentley
Veronica Hamel
Elizabeth Barnes
Hector Elizondo
Warden
Mako
Sakamoto
Gates McFadden
Diane
Louisa Abernathy
Guard
Andrew Amador
Prison Reporter
Selma Archerd
Woman in Pro Shop
Tony Auer
Prison Guard
Elisabeth Barrett
Diane's Assistant
Michael Blue
Beach House Cop
Bert Blyleven
Himself
Marjorie Bransfeld
Tennis Club Receptionis...
Joe Bratcher
Mediator
Andre Rosey Brown
Heavy G
Burke Byrnes
Prison Guard
Ron Chenier
Beach House Cop
Kristen Amber Citron
Twin
Baldo Dal Ponte
National Anthem Singer
Buddy Daniels
Gang Member
John DeLancie
Ted
Stanley de Santis
Car Rental Man
Sandra Eng
Prison Reporter
Ken Foree
J.B.
Mark Grace
Himself
Howie Guma
Sakamoto's Assistant
Darlene J. Hall
Jeep Driver
Michele Harrell
High Quality Receptioni...
Whitby Hertford
Yuppie Son
Lenny Hicks
Mediator
J.J.
LeBradford
Jill Johnson
Tennis Court Girl
John Marshall Jones
Janet Julian
Woman on Plane
Dan Kern
Snooty Man
Joe Lerer
Ira Breen
Michael McNab
Main Gate Guard
John P. Menese
Chauffeur
Stu Nahan
Radio Reporter
Tom Nolan
Mr. Wright
Hank Robinson
Umpire
Tee Rodgers
Stadium Guard
David Ruprecht
Yuppie Dad
Marte Boyle Slout
Brenda
Leslie Suzan
Malibu Jail Woman
Tom Taglang
Waiter
Joe Torre
Himself
Terrence E. McNally
Hamilton
Thom Sharp
Mike
Chris Barnes
Luggage Boy
Tommy Morgan Jr.
Gang Member
Michael Kinney
Malibu Jail Guard

Critic Reviews for Taking Care of Business

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Typically bland, light-on-laughs mix-up farce

March 29, 2003 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

A series lame jokes and clunky plot machinations that would strike as cynical were they not so obviously desperate.

May 1, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

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A funny and entertaining movie, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Funny, but nothing to write home about.

March 12, 2008

Tim Salmons

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