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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? - Outrageous Fortune
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Title: Outrageous Fortune

Release Date: 30 Jan 1987

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Interscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II

Production Companies: Interscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (117 votes)

Cast

  • Lauren Ames: Shelley Long
  • Sandy Brozinsky: Bette Midler
  • Michael Sanders: Peter Coyote
  • Stanislav Korzenowski: Robert Prosky
  • Agent Atkins: John Schuck
  • Weldon: Anthony Heald
  • Frank Madras: George Carlin
  • Cab Driver: Ji-Tu Cumbuka
  • Ticket Agent: Florence Stanley
  • Tobacco Clerk: Jerry Zaks
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