Pure Luck

The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.

Cast

Martin Short

as Eugene Proctor

Danny Glover

as Raymond Campanella

Harry Shearer

as Julius Monosoff

Sheila Kelley

as Valerie Highsmith

Sam Wanamaker

as Highsmith

Scott Wilson

as Frank Grimes

Sharlene Martin

as Nurse

Jorge Russek

as Inspector Segura

Jorge Luke

as Pilot

Ariane Pellicer

as Girl at Club

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