Lucky Stiff
Year | 2014 |
Starring | Dennis Farina, Dominic Marsh, Jason Alexander, Nikki M. James, Pamela Shaw |
Director(s) | Christopher Ashley |
Genre(s) | Narrative Feature |
Runtime | 80 min |
Producer(s) | J. Todd Harris, Mark Moran, Victor Syrmis |
Writer(s) | Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty |
In this musical comedy with a romantic heart, a young down-and-out British shoe salesman named Harry Witherspoon takes his dead uncle (a murdered casino manager) to Monte Carlo for the best time of his life – a week of fun, dancing, gambling and sun. If the young man fulfills his uncle’s request to the letter, he will inherit the $6 million left to him. If he doesn’t, the money will go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn.
As Harry races from casino to nightclub to beach to bedroom with his dead uncle, he is chased by a desperate optometrist, an avaricious showgirl, a mysterious Italian playboy and a trigger-happy murderess, as well as a young woman dead set on getting that money for the dogs. It’s a zany, frothy, colorful and fast-paced musical farce with a very happy ending.