Opportunity Knocks (1990)

Name: Opportunity Knocks
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-03-30
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Dana Carvey, James Tolkan, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell

Opportunity Knocks (1990), directed by Donald Petrie, starring Dana Carvey and James Tolkan.

03/30/1990 BR Comedy 1h 43m

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In a world of cons... Eddie's a pro.

Synopsis

Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.

Donald PetrieDirector
Marion RothmanEditing
Virginia KatzEditing
Brad GreyProducer

About the film

Opportunity Knocks is a 1990 American comedy film starring Dana Carvey. It was directed by Donald Petrie.

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Opportunity Knocks is a 1990 American comedy film starring Dana Carvey. It was directed by Donald Petrie.

Synopsis

Con men Eddie Farrell and Lou Pesquino need cash fast and pretend to be repair men sent to fix a gas leak. The con fails, but they escape.

Eddie and Lou find an empty house that they decide to burglarize. When they learn from a message on the answering machine that the owner is out of the country and the man who was going to house-sit can't make it, they spend the night.

The next day, Eddie and Lou are on the run from thugs sent by local gangster Sal Nichols who mistakenly thinks they stole a briefcase containing $60,000. After they find themselves separated, Eddie takes refuge in the empty house.

In the morning, Eddie walks out of the shower and meets Mona Malkin, whose son owns the house. She assumes Eddie is the house-sitter. Eddie plays along, meeting Mona's businessman husband Milt, who offers him a job.

Eddie decides to run a "love con" on Milt's daughter Annie in order to gain access to Milt's money. However, Lou is captured by Nichols.

Eddie and his aunt Connie and uncle Max conspire to get Nichols off their backs for good. Along the way, Eddie falls in love with Annie.

Cast

Dana Carvey as Eddie Farrell

Robert Loggia as Milt Malkin

Todd Graff as Lou Pesquino

Julia Campbell as Dr. Annie Malkin

Milo O'Shea as Max

James Tolkan as Sal Nichols

Doris Belack as Mona Malkin

Sally Gracie as Connie

Mike Bacarella as Pinkie

John M. Watson, Sr. as Harold Monroe

Beatrice Fredman as Bubbie

Thomas McElroy as Men's Room Attendant

Gene Honda as Japanese Businessman

Del Close as Williamson

Michelle Johnston as Club Singer

Lorna Raver as Eddie's Secretary

Judith Scott as Milt's Secretary

Reception

Box office

The film was not a success and earned $11 million against a production budget of $13 million. The film's original teaser trailer involved Carvey's Saturday Night Live character The Church Lady, though she does not appear in the film.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 11% based on reviews from 9 critics.

Soundtrack

The song "Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World" by Johnny Clegg is featured over the end credits.

References

External links

Opportunity Knocks at IMDb

Opportunity Knocks at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Opportunity Knocks at Letterboxd

Opportunity Knocks at Rotten Tomatoes

Opportunity Knocks at Box Office Mojo

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Trivia

It grossed US$ 11 million worldwide.
It premiered on March 30, 1990, a Friday.
It runs 1h43 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosImagine Entertainment, Brad Grey Pictures, The Meledandri/Gordon Company
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Box officeUS$ 11,359,129
StatusReleased

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Donald Petrie Director
Marion Rothman Editing
Virginia Katz Editing
Brad Grey Producer
Chris Meledandri Producer
Mark Gordon Producer
Raymond Hartwick Producer
Miles Goodman Original music
Mitchel Katlin Writer
Nat Bernstein Writer

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What is Opportunity Knocks about?

Opportunity Knocks: Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch th…

Who directed Opportunity Knocks?

Opportunity Knocks was directed by Donald Petrie in 1990.

Who stars in Opportunity Knocks?

The cast of Opportunity Knocks includes Dana Carvey, James Tolkan, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff and Julia Campbell.

How long is Opportunity Knocks?

Opportunity Knocks runs for 103 minutes, or 1h43.