Big Trouble

"In the next 48 hours, the people below will find themselves in a big scheme, to get big money, that will land them in Big Trouble."

1986

1h 33m

5.3(40 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.

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Cast & Crew

53 members

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Alan Arkin

Leonard Hoffman

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Beverly D'Angelo

Blanche Rickey

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Peter Falk

Steve Rickey

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Charles Durning

O'Mara

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Robert Stack

Winslow

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Paul Dooley

George Noozel

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Valerie Curtin

Arlene Hoffman

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Richard Libertini

Dr. Lopez

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Steve Alterman

Peter Hoffman

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Jerry Pavlon

Michael Hoffman

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Paul La Greca

Joshua Hoffman

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John Finnegan

Det. Murphy

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Karl Lukas

Police captain

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Maryedith Burrell

Gail

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Edith Fields

Doris

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Rosemarie Stack

Mrs. Winslow

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Barbara Tarbuck

Helen

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Al White

Mr. Williams

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Teddy Wilson

Porter

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Gloria Gifford

Wanda

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Herb Armstrong

Night Security Guard

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Jaime Sánchez

Chief Terrorist

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Gaetano Lisi

Gaetano Lopez

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Chester Grimes

Flavio Lopez

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Irene Olga López

Lopez' Receptionist

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Daphne Eckler

Receptionist

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Carol Reinhard

Winslow's Secretary

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Conroy Gedeon

Reporter

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Leonard P. Geer

Whitlow Kepler

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Melvin Jones

Terrorist #1

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Luis Contreras

Terrorist #2

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John M. Kochian Jr.

Terrorist #3

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Domingo Ambriz

Terrorist #4

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John Bianchini

Terrorist #5

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Nafa Rasho

Terrorist #6

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Roger Ito

Terrorist #7

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Perry Fluker

Terrorist #8

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Lynn Ready

Terrorist #9

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Crew

Steven Lambert

Terrorist #10

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Yukio G. Collins

Terrorist #11

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Howard Clapp

Executive #1

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Jeff Howard

Executive #2

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Leland Sun

Chinese Laborer #1

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Al Leong

Chinese Laborer #2

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Danny Lew

Chinese Laborer #3

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Michaelani

Chinese Laborer #4

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Dennis Phun

Chinese Laborer #5

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Walter Soo Hoo

Chinese Laborer #6

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Richard Walter

Hot Dog Eater

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Joseph G. Medalis

Salesman

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Gary Nastu

Fireman

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Michael Santiago

Cop

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Warren Munson

Jack

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